Publication summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 547 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WXYZ 7 News Detroit results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , In-Group Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 194 hits . Analysis detected 1,269 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,188 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 74% (109 of 410 publications). This WXYZ 7 News Detroit is worse (more manipulative) than 73.60% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 2,188
Article count: 1
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74% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 73.6% percentile 2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.0% 6.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 4.0% 4.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 8.9% 8.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.6% 2.6% 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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Publication 8.9%, sitewide 5.2% Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 0.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Begging the Question: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 1.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst