Publication summary
80%8 analyzed articles/videos6,805 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WhoWhatWhy results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 3,317 hits. Analysis detected 21,124 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,219 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 54% (192 of 410 publications). This WhoWhatWhy is worse (more manipulative) than 53.30% of the peer group.
WhoWhatWhy
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%Capital B News1%
1%Spotlight Delaware1%
1%The Banner1%
54%WhoWhatWhy (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

53% percentile
025507510053.3% percentile
2.0% BS Score8 analyzed articles23.2K 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 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 14.3%14.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 9.1%9.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Publication 0.7%0.7%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate