Publication summary
86% 99 analyzed articles/videos 36,024 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Townhall results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Negativity Bias , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.3% saturation with 28,518 hits . Analysis detected 269,157 faulty-reasoning hits from 174,525 analyzed words across 99 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 76% (96 of 383 publications). This Townhall is worse (more manipulative) than 75.10% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 174,525
Article count: 99
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
75% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 75.1% percentile 2.9% BS Score99 analyzed articles174.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 11.4% 11.4% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Publication 14.0% 14.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 16.3% 16.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.5% 4.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 13.5% 13.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 5.7% 5.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 11.3% 11.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 5.1% 5.1% 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 11.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 13.5%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 16.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 11.3%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 14.0%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 9.2%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 0.5% Ad Hominem: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst