Speaker summary
⁠73%5 analyzed articles/videos672.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wall Street Journal editorial board results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 53.6% saturation with 678 hits. Analysis detected 3,658.297 faulty-reasoning hits from 672.333 analyzed words across 5 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 11% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (24,490 of 28,364 speakers). This Wall Street Journal editorial board is better (less manipulative) than 86.30% of the peer group.
Wall Street Journal editorial board

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510013.7% percentile
11.0% BS Score5 analyzed videos672.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 53.5%53.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 32.7%32.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 30.2%30.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 21.8%21.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 28.6%28.6%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.5%6.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 53.5%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 32.7%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 30.2%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 28.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Middle Ground: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos