Publication summary
7% 65 analyzed articles/videos 43,623 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Snopes results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Availability Heuristic , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 12,156 hits . Analysis detected 119,934 faulty-reasoning hits from 200,329 analyzed words across 65 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 9% (355 of 386 publications). This Snopes is better (less manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group. Snopes
Publication details
Total words: 200,329
Article count: 65
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.1% percentile 1.1% BS Score65 analyzed articles200.3K 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 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 3.0% 3.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 6.1% 6.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.6% 3.6% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 6.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst