Topic summary
⁠99%2 analyzed articles/videos795 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Broadcast Journalism results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 29.9% saturation with 747 hits. Analysis detected 4,557 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,502 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (3,361 of 15,968 topics). This Broadcast Journalism is worse (more manipulative) than 79.00% of the peer group.
Broadcast Journalism
Topic details
Total words: 2,502
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510079.0% percentile
5.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 29.9%29.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 19.1%19.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.4%5.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 16.3%16.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 8.7%8.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 11.2%11.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.2%8.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 29.9%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 19.1%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 11.2%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 0.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.4%Begging the Question: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos