Speaker summary
53% 36 analyzed articles/videos 692 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Washington Post results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause) , Negativity Bias , and Recency Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 42.5% saturation with 552 hits . Analysis detected 2,161.608 faulty-reasoning hits from 692 analyzed words across 36 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.2% and a BS Rank of 8% (24,757 of 26,814 speakers). This Washington Post is better (less manipulative) than 92.30% of the peer group. Washington Post
Speaker details
Total words: 692
Article count: 36
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.7% percentile 8.2% BS Score36 analyzed videos692 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 42.5% 42.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 12.1% 12.1% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 12.9% 12.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 9.6% 9.6% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Speaker 6.5% 6.5% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 7.4% 7.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 5.4% 5.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% 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% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 9.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 3.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 5.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 2.0% Red Herring: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.4% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 3.1% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.8% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.6% Begging the Question: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst