Speaker summary
55% 64 analyzed articles/videos 1,581.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wall Street Journal results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 544 hits . Analysis detected 4,896.961 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,581.333 analyzed words across 64 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of 3% (25,151 of 25,709 speakers). This Wall Street Journal is better (less manipulative) than 97.80% of the peer group. Wall Street Journal
Speaker details
Total words: 1,581.333
Content count: 64
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.2% percentile 4.7% BS Score64 analyzed videos1.6K 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% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 14.7% 14.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 11.2% 11.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 19.5% 19.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 0.5% 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 1.9% 1.9% 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 19.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 11.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 3.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.8% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Recency Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 2.7% Anecdotal: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 5.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 4.0% Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.4% Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst