Publication summary
76% 105 analyzed articles/videos 74,927 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salon results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 64,473 hits . Analysis detected 494,561 faulty-reasoning hits from 424,467 analyzed words across 105 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 61% (164 of 410 publications). This Salon is worse (more manipulative) than 60.10% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 424,467
Article count: 105
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
60% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 60.1% percentile 2.2% BS Score105 analyzed articles424.5K 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 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 5.8% 5.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 15.2% 15.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.2% 3.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.3% 3.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 6.9% 6.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.4% 2.4% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 11.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 15.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 10.7%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 6.9%, sitewide 2.0% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 2.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst