Publication summary
3% 10 analyzed articles/videos 7,240 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Montana Free Press results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Optimism Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 3% saturation with 1,171 hits . Analysis detected 8,709 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,132 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.5% and a BS Rank of 1% (538 of 541 publications). This Montana Free Press is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 39,132
Article count: 10
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.6% percentile 0.5% BS Score10 analyzed articles39.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.2% 0.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 0.4% 0.4% 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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst