Publication summary
70% 1 analyzed article/video 613 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wahpeton Daily News results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 140 hits . Analysis detected 1,558 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,839 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 80% (83 of 410 publications). This Wahpeton Daily News is worse (more manipulative) than 80.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 1,839
Article count: 1
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80% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.0% percentile 3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 7.2% 7.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 6.9% 6.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Publication 7.6% 7.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Publication 4.6% 4.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.9% 2.9% 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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Unattributed Quote: Publication 7.6%, sitewide 1.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 6.9%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 1.5% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Burden of Proof: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 0.4% Slippery Slope: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst