Publication summary
40% 93 analyzed articles/videos 71,023 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Reason.com results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 35,858 hits . Analysis detected 298,538 faulty-reasoning hits from 354,712 analyzed words across 93 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 33% (256 of 379 publications). This Reason.com is better (less manipulative) than 67.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 354,712
Article count: 93
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
33% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 32.5% percentile 1.6% BS Score93 analyzed articles354.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.3% 4.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 10.1% 10.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.5% 0.5% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 8.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 10.1%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst