Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video935 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Journalism Standards results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 58.4% saturation with 2,185 hits. Analysis detected 9,662 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,740 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (2,068 of 16,562 topics). This Journalism Standards is worse (more manipulative) than 87.50% of the peer group.
Journalism Standards
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠88%Journalism Standards (selected)8%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 3,740
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

88% percentile
025507510087.5% percentile
7.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 58.4%58.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 28.6%28.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 18.2%18.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 35.3%35.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 11.8%11.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 14.5%14.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.7%8.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 14.3%14.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.7%5.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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: Topic 58.4%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 35.3%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 28.6%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 18.2%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 3.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.9%Indoctrination: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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