Publication summary
3%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 543 publications). This The Real News Network is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.
The Real News Network

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

1% percentile
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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 Network3%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 Network3%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/30/2026, 10:57:00 AM
Legal team of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal appeals to the UN for support23%
Truthout3%By Renée Feltz30% Truthout30%7/30/2026, 8:40:00 AM
Community marches into 7-11 where 74-year-old was brutally beaten in Baltimore24%
The Real News Network3%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/29/2026, 9:36:07 AM
Abdul El-Sayed believes a new Democratic Party is possible38%
The Real News Network3%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/24/2026, 9:03:51 AM
AOC: US-Israeli military integration measure “existential threat” to democracy63%
The Real News Network3%By Sharon Zhang88%7/23/2026, 1:06:25 PM
Marc Steiner: A life standing for free speech | Ep. 82%
The Real News Network3%By Michael Fox2% Marc Steiner1%7/23/2026, 11:37:14 AM
How Israel has used sexualized violence as a weapon of settler colonialism from 1948 to today72%
Mondoweiss3%By Nada Elia Noura Erakat7/20/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Out-of-control Canadian wildfires prompt calls for ‘Nuremberg trials for big oil’60%
The Real News Network3%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 Network3%By Maximillian Alvarez36%7/16/2026, 9:37:37 AM