Publication summary
81% 256 analyzed articles/videos 290,981 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Intercept results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 185,407 hits . Analysis detected 1,567,752 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,508,313 analyzed words across 255 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 52% (200 of 409 publications). This The Intercept is worse (more manipulative) than 51.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 1,508,313
Article count: 255
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
51% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 51.2% percentile 1.9% BS Score255 analyzed articles1.5M analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 12.3% 12.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 10.5% 10.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 6.2% 6.2% 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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 10.5%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 2.0% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst