Publication summary
68%65 analyzed articles/videos25,712 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mashable results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 18.5% saturation with 26,401 hits. Analysis detected 136,964 faulty-reasoning hits from 142,653 analyzed words across 65 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 47% (206 of 383 publications). This Mashable is better (less manipulative) than 53.70% of the peer group.
Mashable
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%The Banner1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
47%Mashable (selected)2%
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
Total words: 142,653
Article count: 65
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

46% percentile
025507510046.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score65 analyzed articles142.7K 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 5.6%5.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 18.5%18.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.3%3.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.2%2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 10.3%10.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 1.5%1.5%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 18.5%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 10.3%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate