Publication summary
33%43 analyzed articles/videos14,042 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Dispatch results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 4,503 hits. Analysis detected 48,858 faulty-reasoning hits from 63,120 analyzed words across 43 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 33% (275 of 410 publications). This The Dispatch is better (less manipulative) than 67.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

33% percentile
025507510033.0% percentile
1.5% BS Score43 analyzed articles63.1K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.8%0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 5.8%5.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 1.1%1.1%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 7.1%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Confirm…9%Availab…8%Framing…22%
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