Publication summary
18% 5 analyzed articles/videos 4,324 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South Side Weekly results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , In-Group Bias , and Indoctrination , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4.6% saturation with 786 hits . Analysis detected 6,402 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,000 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 29% (402 of 564 publications). This South Side Weekly is better (less manipulative) than 71.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 17,000
Article count: 5
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
29% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.8% percentile 1.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles17K 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 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 0.9% 0.9% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst