Speaker summary
⁠78%18 analyzed articles/videos463 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WDET results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 41.1% saturation with 190.462 hits. Analysis detected 995.128 faulty-reasoning hits from 463 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (21,954 of 28,364 speakers). This WDET is better (less manipulative) than 77.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

23% percentile
025507510022.6% percentile
15.1% BS Score18 analyzed videos463 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 41.1%41.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 24.8%24.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 19.4%19.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 25.2%25.2%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.9%9.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 2.2%2.2%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 41.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 24.8%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 2.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Unlike us, wildfire smoke has little health effect on Michigan’s tree canopy⁠59%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Amanda LeClaire⁠83%7/24/2026, 11:49:03 AM
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit parks get updates worth almost $20 million⁠12%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Bre'Anna Tinsley⁠4%7/23/2026, 1:53:02 PM
The Metro: Every tribe in Michigan opposes this pipeline. Michigan approved it anyway⁠44%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Robyn Vincent⁠32%7/22/2026, 1:03:33 PM
The Metro: What Michigan gets wrong about wildfire smoke⁠8%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Robyn Vincent⁠32%7/21/2026, 12:05:22 PM
SMART looks to chill out riders with ‘cooling buses’ and heat up regional transit through new ballot proposal⁠43%
WDET⁠18%By Quinn Klinefelter⁠71%7/20/2026, 2:08:26 PM
Detroit Evening Report: Wildfire smoke expected to linger, take precautions says Detroit Health Department⁠20%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Nargis Rahman⁠40%7/20/2026, 1:51:20 PM
Jay Butler set to retire from radio after long and celebrated career in Detroit⁠88%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By WDET Staff⁠96%7/20/2026, 12:07:22 PM
WDET welcomes Kim Hunter as the new host of This Island Earth⁠74%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By WDET Staff⁠96%7/18/2026, 8:59:00 AM
DER Weekends: Pathways for first-gen students at the University of Detroit Mercy⁠54%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Nargis Rahman⁠40%7/18/2026, 6:30:34 AM
In The Groove: Michael Malis, Constantine Novotny perform ‘Another Shore, Another Country’ live on WDET⁠19%
WDET 101.9 FM⁠18%By Ryan Patrick Hooper⁠39%7/17/2026, 1:35:32 PM
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