Publication summary
21% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,295 analyzed words
BS Summary: These NBC4 Washington results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 521 hits . Analysis detected 2,896 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,712 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 55% (181 of 398 publications). This NBC4 Washington is worse (more manipulative) than 54.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 4,712
Article count: 2
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55% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 54.7% percentile 2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 11.1% 11.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.8% 3.8% 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 11.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 2.0% Unattributed Quote: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst