Publication summary
24%10 analyzed articles/videos3,463 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WHYY results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 4% saturation with 676 hits. Analysis detected 6,458 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,974 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 16% (470 of 557 publications). This WHYY is better (less manipulative) than 84.40% of the peer group.
WHYY
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%The Trace1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
16%WHYY (selected)1%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

16% percentile
025507510015.6% percentile
0.9% BS Score10 analyzed articles17K 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 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Halo Ef…15%
Johnny Sample Rec Center in West Philadelphia’s Cobbs Creek reopens following $15M remodel2%
WHYY24%By Chelsea Lubbe8/6/2026, 2:00:57 AM
Philadelphia’s school selection process kicks off next month. Here are changes to look out for1%
WHYY24%By Cory Sharber0%8/5/2026, 4:09:52 PM
‘Wildly unprecedented’: Delaware lawmakers question lack of role in Gov. Matt Meyer’s creation of a $270K state surgeon general52%
WHYY24%By Sarah Mueller67%8/5/2026, 3:30:09 AM
BlackStar Film Festival marks 15 years of championing filmmakers of color11%
WHYY24%By Peter Crimmins19%8/5/2026, 3:00:21 AM
How the costly digital age is leaving behind Pa.’s rural, underfunded schools6%
WHYY24%By Kenny Cooper0%8/5/2026, 2:30:08 AM
Philadelphia asks appeals court for rare review of President’s House ruling24%
whyy.org24%By Carmen Russell-Sluchansky0%8/4/2026, 5:28:26 PM
‘Your days are numbered’: DOJ, federal agencies target health care fraud, Medicaid schemers in Pennsylvania53%
WHYY24%By Nicole Leonard65%8/4/2026, 4:13:38 PM
Pennsylvania pediatricians want to help improve child literacy rates by ‘prescribing’ books at health visits43%
WHYY24%By Nicole Leonard65%8/4/2026, 3:30:35 AM
Why Philly’s public housing costs an average of $315,000 per unit17%
WHYY24%By Aaron Moselle18%8/4/2026, 3:00:08 AM
Pennsylvanians whose homes were damaged in July storm can apply for financial assistance3%
WHYY24%By Sophia Schmidt2%8/3/2026, 3:54:56 PM