Topic summary
98%6 analyzed articles/videos2,144 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Coverage results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 34.2% saturation with 4,802 hits. Analysis detected 31,004 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,042 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 71% (4,838 of 16,345 topics). This Media Coverage is worse (more manipulative) than 70.40% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.4% percentile
4.3% BS Score6 analyzed articles14K 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 34.2%34.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 22.0%22.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 15.9%15.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 19.4%19.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.6%11.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 34.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.1%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 22.0%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 19.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate