Publication summary
78% 69 analyzed articles/videos 81,236 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Nation results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 64,334 hits . Analysis detected 463,209 faulty-reasoning hits from 385,300 analyzed words across 69 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 62% (145 of 379 publications). This The Nation is worse (more manipulative) than 61.90% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 385,300
Article count: 69
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
62% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 61.9% percentile 2.2% BS Score69 analyzed articles385.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 7.1% 7.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 16.7% 16.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 9.3% 9.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 4.5% 4.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 2.5% 2.5% 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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 11.0%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 16.7%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 9.3%, sitewide 2.0% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 8.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 1.5% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst