Speaker summary
â 53% 59 analyzed articles/videos 1,237.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Wall Street Journal results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Appeal to Authority , and Quote-first Misdirection , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 422 hits . Analysis detected 3,305.87 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,237.667 analyzed words across 59 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of â 3% (26,192 of 26,862 speakers). This The Wall Street Journal is better (less manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group. The Wall Street Journal
Speaker details
Total words: 1,237.667
Content count: 59
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.5% percentile 5.0% BS Score59 analyzed videos1.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0â50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 9.6% 9.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 1.6% 1.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 12.3% 12.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 6.1% 6.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 14.3% 14.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 15.1% 15.1% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 4.2% 4.2% 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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.1%, sitewide 11.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 1.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.8% Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.9% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst