Speaker summary
72% 41 analyzed articles/videos 593.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These ABC News results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.7% saturation with 297 hits . Analysis detected 2,414.482 faulty-reasoning hits from 593.333 analyzed words across 41 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 7.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (24,131 of 25,709 speakers). This ABC News is better (less manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group. ABC News
Speaker details
Total words: 593.333
Content count: 41
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.1% percentile 7.5% BS Score41 analyzed videos593.3 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 33.0% 33.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 16.8% 16.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 24.0% 24.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 7.3% 7.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 10.9% 10.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 19.7% 19.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 15.2% 15.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 6.9% 6.9% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 4.6% 4.6% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 4.6% 4.6% 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% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 33.0%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 19.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 8.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.8% Halo Effect: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 5.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 4.6% Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.4% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst