Publication summary
92% 22 analyzed articles/videos 13,602 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Las Vegas Sun results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 6,860 hits . Analysis detected 62,416 faulty-reasoning hits from 58,425 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 53% (179 of 379 publications). This Las Vegas Sun is worse (more manipulative) than 52.90% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 58,425
Article count: 22
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
53% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 52.9% percentile 2.0% BS Score22 analyzed articles58.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 7.1% 7.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 11.7% 11.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 5.7% 5.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 10.0% 10.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.8% 4.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 4.1% 4.1% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 11.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 10.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 4.0%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst