Publication summary
93% 107 analyzed articles/videos 29,358 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rawstory results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 36,046 hits . Analysis detected 263,779 faulty-reasoning hits from 163,685 analyzed words across 107 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 77% (89 of 379 publications). This Rawstory is worse (more manipulative) than 76.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 163,685
Article count: 107
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77% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 76.7% percentile 3.0% BS Score107 analyzed articles163.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 13.7% 13.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 15.7% 15.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 9.3% 9.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 8.2% 8.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.5% 4.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Publication 5.5% 5.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 2.6% 2.6% 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 13.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 22.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 9.3%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 15.7%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Publication 12.0%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 8.2%, sitewide 2.0% Confirmation Bias: Publication 7.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Ad Hominem: Publication 6.4%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst