Speaker summary
70% 4 analyzed articles/videos 114 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MPR News results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Optimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 65.4% saturation with 98.404 hits . Analysis detected 380.404 faulty-reasoning hits from 114 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.3% and a BS Rank of 31% (18,662 of 26,849 speakers). This MPR News is better (less manipulative) than 69.50% of the peer group. MPR News
Speaker details
Total words: 114
Article count: 4
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.5% percentile 19.3% BS Score4 analyzed videos114 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 65.4% 65.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 36.9% 36.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 9.2% 9.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 16.5% 16.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 16.5% 16.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 9.2% 9.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 9.2% 9.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 5.8% 5.8% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Negativity Bias: Speaker 65.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 36.9%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 5.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 9.1% Indoctrination: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst