Publication summary
13% 26 analyzed articles/videos 18,926 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Times Union results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.8% saturation with 4,671 hits . Analysis detected 30,382 faulty-reasoning hits from 81,011 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 6% (533 of 564 publications). This Times Union is better (less manipulative) than 94.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 81,011
Article count: 26
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.5% percentile 0.7% BS Score26 analyzed articles81K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.4% 1.4% 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 2.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst