Publication summary
46% 35 analyzed articles/videos 57,210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Foreign Affairs results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Indoctrination , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 18,218 hits . Analysis detected 213,993 faulty-reasoning hits from 282,225 analyzed words across 35 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 25% (309 of 410 publications). This Foreign Affairs is better (less manipulative) than 75.30% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 282,225
Article count: 35
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
25% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.7% percentile 1.4% BS Score35 analyzed articles282.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 5.4% 5.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 4.8%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst