Speaker summary
27% 141 analyzed articles/videos 1,534.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Associated Press results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Negativity Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 527 hits . Analysis detected 2,552 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,534.333 analyzed words across 141 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (27,548 of 27,710 speakers). This The Associated Press is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group. The Associated Press
Speaker details
Total words: 1,534.333
Article count: 141
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.6% percentile 2.9% BS Score141 analyzed videos1.5K 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 7.4% 7.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.5% 3.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 14.3% 14.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.7% 1.7% 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 7.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.0% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 1.4% Composition/Division: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst