Speaker summary
61%1 analyzed article/video64 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Minnesota Star Tribune results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority and Burden of Proof, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 144 faulty-reasoning hits from 64 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of 78% (6,242 of 28,364 speakers). This Minnesota Star Tribune is worse (more manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group.
Minnesota Star Tribune
Speaker details
Total words: 64
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

78% percentile
025507510078.0% percentile
66.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos64 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Negativity Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos