Publication summary
17% 75 analyzed articles/videos 51,401 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Hacker News results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 16,686 hits . Analysis detected 149,736 faulty-reasoning hits from 248,297 analyzed words across 75 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 11% (365 of 410 publications). This The Hacker News is better (less manipulative) than 89.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 248,297
Article count: 75
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.0% percentile 1.2% BS Score75 analyzed articles248.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.0% 4.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.3% 3.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.3% 1.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 4.5% 4.5% 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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.3%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst