Publication summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Executive results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.8% saturation with 527 hits . Analysis detected 2,790 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,668 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of 90% (44 of 410 publications). This Government Executive is worse (more manipulative) than 89.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 2,668
Article count: 1
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90% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 89.5% percentile 4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 16.0% 16.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 6.2% 6.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Publication 8.0% 8.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Publication 7.1% 7.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Publication 5.5% 5.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.3% 2.3% 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 16.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 19.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 9.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 8.0%, sitewide 0.8% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% Unattributed Quote: Publication 7.1%, sitewide 1.1% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Primacy Effect: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 0.9% Slippery Slope: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 1.7% Red Herring: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst