Publication summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 481 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Indianapolis News results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Optimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 193 hits . Analysis detected 1,072 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,924 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 82% (76 of 410 publications). This Indianapolis News is worse (more manipulative) than 81.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 1,924
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
82% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.7% percentile 3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 10.0% 10.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 7.3% 7.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.9% 2.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Publication 2.4% 2.4% 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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 10.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 5.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst