Publication summary
50%3 analyzed articles/videos1,390 analyzed words
BS Summary: These HomeTown Register results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Self-Serving Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 776 hits. Analysis detected 6,078 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,768 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 57% (173 of 398 publications). This HomeTown Register is worse (more manipulative) than 56.70% of the peer group.
HomeTown Register
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%The Banner1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%inlander.com1%
57%HomeTown Register (selected)3%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%
Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

57% percentile
025507510056.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 8.3%8.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 5.0%5.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 10.0%10.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 5.3%5.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 1.7%1.7%

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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 10.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate