Publication summary
50% 102 analyzed articles/videos 75,540 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mother Jones results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 42,596 hits . Analysis detected 393,292 faulty-reasoning hits from 432,621 analyzed words across 102 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 40% (230 of 379 publications). This Mother Jones is better (less manipulative) than 60.60% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 432,621
Article count: 102
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
39% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.4% percentile 1.7% BS Score102 analyzed articles432.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 7.3% 7.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.1% 3.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 9.6% 9.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 1.1% 1.1% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 9.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.6%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst