Publication summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 247 analyzed words
BS Summary: These St. Catharines Standard results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Middle Ground , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 25.8% saturation with 255 hits . Analysis detected 558 faulty-reasoning hits from 988 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of 93% (33 of 410 publications). This St. Catharines Standard is worse (more manipulative) than 92.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 988
Article count: 1
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92% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 92.2% percentile 4.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles988 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 25.8% 25.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 10.0% 10.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 3.9% 3.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 3.2% 3.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Middle Ground Sitewide 0.1% Publication 3.9% 3.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 3.9% 3.9% 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 10.0%, sitewide 26.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 25.8%, sitewide 0.5% Negativity Bias: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 15.9% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Middle Ground: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 0.1% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Nature: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst