Publication summary
2%10 analyzed articles/videos42,402 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Real News Network results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 3.6% saturation with 6,380 hits. Analysis detected 48,748 faulty-reasoning hits from 175,966 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.5% and a BS Rank of 1% (540 of 542 publications). This The Real News Network is better (less manipulative) than 99.60% of the peer group.
The Real News Network
Publication ranking list

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

0% percentile
02550751000.4% percentile
0.5% BS Score10 analyzed articles176K 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 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.0%1.0%

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 1.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Are copwatchers journalists? Provocateurs? Or something else?1%
The Real News Network2%By Taya Graham0% Stephen Janis0%7/31/2026, 3:05:10 PM
Can the Democratic Party be saved? TRNN’s full, unedited interview with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed4%
The Real News Network2%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/30/2026, 10:57:00 AM
Legal team of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal appeals to the UN for support23%
Truthout2%By Renée Feltz29% Truthout29%7/30/2026, 8:40:00 AM
Community marches into 7-11 where 74-year-old was brutally beaten in Baltimore24%
The Real News Network2%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/29/2026, 9:36:07 AM
Abdul El-Sayed believes a new Democratic Party is possible37%
The Real News Network2%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/24/2026, 9:03:51 AM
AOC: US-Israeli military integration measure “existential threat” to democracy63%
The Real News Network2%By Sharon Zhang88%7/23/2026, 1:06:25 PM
Marc Steiner: A life standing for free speech | Ep. 82%
The Real News Network2%By Michael Fox2% Marc Steiner1%7/23/2026, 11:37:14 AM
Out-of-control Canadian wildfires prompt calls for ‘Nuremberg trials for big oil’60%
The Real News Network2%By Olivia Rosane92%7/17/2026, 2:13:09 PM
Israel is killing Gaza’s most famous doctor. Time is running out to save him.78%
The Real News Network2%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/16/2026, 9:37:37 AM
Media education, regulation, and organizing against Big Tech in Europe | Ep. 74%
The Real News Network2%By Michael Fox2%7/16/2026, 9:00:00 AM