Speaker summary
39% 178 analyzed articles/videos 2,252.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Associated Press results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation) , Anecdotal , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22.5% saturation with 1,284 hits . Analysis detected 4,375.178 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,252.333 analyzed words across 178 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (26,843 of 26,968 speakers). This Associated Press is better (less manipulative) than 99.50% of the peer group. Associated Press
Speaker details
Total words: 2,252.333
Article count: 178
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.5% percentile 2.7% BS Score178 analyzed videos2.3K 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% Speaker 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 22.5% 22.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 0.4% 0.4% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Speaker 5.7% 5.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 4.2% 4.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% 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: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.5%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 19.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Red Herring: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 0.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.5% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.4% Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst