Publication summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 2,024 analyzed words
BS Summary: These PBS News results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 23.3% saturation with 1,465 hits . Analysis detected 10,145 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,288 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 88% (50 of 410 publications). This PBS News is worse (more manipulative) than 88.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 6,288
Article count: 3
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
88% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 88.0% percentile 4.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 11.9% 11.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 14.2% 14.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.7% 4.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 8.9% 8.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 23.3% 23.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 10.0% 10.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 12.9% 12.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 13.9% 13.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 3.9% 3.9% 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 23.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 11.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 12.9%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Publication 14.2%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Publication 13.9%, sitewide 11.1% In-Group Bias: Publication 10.0%, sitewide 6.9% Hasty Generalization: Publication 9.3%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 8.9%, sitewide 4.6% Halo Effect: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 3.1% Anchoring Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 2.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 1.4% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Primacy Effect: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.9% Hindsight Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst