Publication summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 597 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Illawarra Mercury results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Unattributed Quote , and Framing Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 34.8% saturation with 832 hits . Analysis detected 1,154 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,388 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 95% (24 of 410 publications). This Illawarra Mercury is worse (more manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 2,388
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
94% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 94.4% percentile 5.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K 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% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 34.8% 34.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 5.3% 5.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Publication 0.2% 0.2% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Publication 1.8% 1.8% 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% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 34.8%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Availability Heuristic: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 8.1% Unattributed Quote: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.1% Pessimism Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 1.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst