Publication summary
31% 81 analyzed articles/videos 96,714 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Foreign Policy results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 39,747 hits . Analysis detected 347,902 faulty-reasoning hits from 502,341 analyzed words across 81 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 19% (336 of 410 publications). This Foreign Policy is better (less manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 502,341
Article count: 81
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.1% percentile 1.3% BS Score81 analyzed articles502.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 7.9% 7.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.2% 1.2% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 7.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst