Speaker summary
53% 84 analyzed articles/videos 3,397.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These New York Times results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause) , Ambiguity (Equivocation) , and Confirmation Bias , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 924 hits . Analysis detected 8,073.821 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,397.667 analyzed words across 84 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,912 of 28,364 speakers). This New York Times is better (less manipulative) than 98.40% of the peer group. New York Times
Speaker details
Total words: 3,397.667
Article count: 84
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.6% percentile 4.1% BS Score84 analyzed videos3.4K 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 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 3.3% 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 12.4% 12.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 7.3% 7.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 15.4% 15.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 10.9% 10.9% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 9.8% 9.8% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 9.3% 9.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% 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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 3.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 7.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 11.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 3.3% Straw Man: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.8% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Begging the Question: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.7% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst