Publication summary
77% 96 analyzed articles/videos 66,901 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 60,373 hits . Analysis detected 461,438 faulty-reasoning hits from 397,785 analyzed words across 96 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 58% (160 of 379 publications). This Salon is worse (more manipulative) than 57.90% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 397,785
Article count: 96
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
58% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 57.9% percentile 2.1% BS Score96 analyzed articles397.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 5.9% 5.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 15.2% 15.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 10.9% 10.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.1% 3.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 7.2% 7.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.5% 2.5% 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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 10.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.9%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 15.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 10.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 2.0% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, 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 3.5%, 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 2.7%, 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