Publication summary
73%60 analyzed articles/videos19,621 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Bulwark results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 22,228 hits. Analysis detected 166,081 faulty-reasoning hits from 146,249 analyzed words across 60 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 58% (170 of 401 publications). This The Bulwark is worse (more manipulative) than 57.80% of the peer group.
The Bulwark
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%The Banner1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
58%The Bulwark (selected)3%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%
Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

58% percentile
025507510057.8% percentile
2.1% BS Score60 analyzed articles146.2K 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 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 5.8%5.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 15.2%15.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 11.3%11.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 3.0%3.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 4.2%4.2%

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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 15.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

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