Publication summary
0%15 analyzed articles/videos12,592 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Markup results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 4,523 hits. Analysis detected 38,116 faulty-reasoning hits from 69,526 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 4% (364 of 379 publications). This The Markup is better (less manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group.
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Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
2%Berkeleyside1%
4%The Markup (selected)2%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

4% percentile
02550751004.0% percentile
1.1% BS Score15 analyzed articles69.5K 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 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.3%3.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.8%2.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 2.1%2.1%

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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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The Markup0%By Roxsy Lin0%6/16/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Background checks to curb dating app violence advance in California legislature6%
The Markup0%By Lynn La26%4/17/2026, 2:00:00 PM
The Markup wins SABEW Award for Best in Business Journalism20%
The Markup0%By The Markup0%3/30/2026, 8:00:00 AM
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The Markup0%By Wendy Fry42% Khari Johnson0%3/6/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Following Markup investigation, Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars19%
The Markup0%By Colin Lecher0%2/27/2026, 1:15:00 PM
Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law39%
The Markup0%By Colin Lecher0% Katie Honan0% THE CITY0%1/30/2026, 12:00:00 PM
How we tested and evaluated AI-generated dance videos4%
The Markup0%By Mohamed Al Elew0% Khari Johnson0% Levi Sumagaysay0%1/21/2026, 8:30:00 AM
Generative AI is eating culture. See how close it’s getting to disrupting dance3%
The Markup0%By Khari Johnson0% Levi Sumagaysay0% Mohamed Al Elew0%1/21/2026, 8:30:00 AM
This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data26%
The Markup0%By Tomas Apodaca0% Colin Lecher0%6/17/2025, 8:00:00 AM