Publication summary
65%8 analyzed articles/videos13,880 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scalawag results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 4,571 hits. Analysis detected 40,707 faulty-reasoning hits from 45,216 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 48% (217 of 410 publications). This Scalawag is better (less manipulative) than 52.80% of the peer group.
Scalawag
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%Capital B News1%
1%Spotlight Delaware1%
1%The Banner1%
48%Scalawag (selected)2%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

47% percentile
025507510047.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles45.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.9%1.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Publication 8.8%8.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 10.1%10.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 2.0%2.0%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 10.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 8.8%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Publication 8.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate