Publication summary
0% 42 analyzed articles/videos 28,572 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MPR News results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and In-Group Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.4% saturation with 21,237 hits . Analysis detected 143,243 faulty-reasoning hits from 83,483 analyzed words across 42 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 82% (71 of 378 publications). This MPR News is worse (more manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 83,483
Article count: 42
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.4% percentile 3.4% BS Score42 analyzed articles83.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 0.0% 0.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 11.1% 11.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 4.7% 4.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 6.7% 6.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Publication 6.0% 6.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 8.2% 8.2% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Publication 4.4% 4.4% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 0.2% 0.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 9.6% 9.6% 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 25.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 18.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 15.1%, sitewide 15.9% In-Group Bias: Publication 11.1%, sitewide 6.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 9.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Publication 8.2%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 6.7% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 3.7% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 4.6% Loss Aversion: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 2.5% Anchoring Bias: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Status Quo Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst