Speaker summary
⁠57%3 analyzed articles/videos150.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chicago Tribune results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Appeal to Emotion, with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 70.4% saturation with 114 hits. Analysis detected 478 faulty-reasoning hits from 150.667 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 54.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (7,716 of 28,364 speakers). This Chicago Tribune is worse (more manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group.
Chicago Tribune
Speaker details
Total words: 150.667
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

73% percentile
025507510072.8% percentile
54.6% BS Score3 analyzed videos150.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 71.0%71.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 70.4%70.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 70.4%70.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 27.2%27.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 71.0%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 70.4%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 70.4%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 27.2%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos