Publication summary
93%76 analyzed articles/videos44,235 analyzed words
BS Summary: These spiked results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.8% saturation with 58,353 hits. Analysis detected 367,419 faulty-reasoning hits from 226,336 analyzed words across 76 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 78% (88 of 383 publications). This spiked is worse (more manipulative) than 77.20% of the peer group.
spiked
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%The Banner1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
78%spiked (selected)4%
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

77% percentile
025507510077.2% percentile
3.0% BS Score76 analyzed articles226.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 25.8%25.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 8.3%8.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Publication 9.4%9.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 8.0%8.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 14.8%14.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 12.9%12.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Publication 7.4%7.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 25.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Publication 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Publication 14.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 9.4%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 8.3%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Publication 7.4%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Straw Man: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate