Publication summary
21% 1 analyzed article/video 1,082 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WMPL - Houghton results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Authority , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 390 hits . Analysis detected 1,468 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,246 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 46% (218 of 398 publications). This WMPL - Houghton is better (less manipulative) than 54.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 3,246
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
45% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 45.3% percentile 1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 12.0% 12.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Publication 0.8% 0.8% 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 1.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 12.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Composition/Division: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 0.2% Red Herring: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst