Topic summary
⁠87%1 analyzed article/video368 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wall Street Journal Editorial Board results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Hindsight Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.9% saturation with 440 hits. Analysis detected 2,974 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,472 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠85% (2,640 of 16,562 topics). This Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is worse (more manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group.
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
Topic details
Total words: 1,472
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

84% percentile
025507510084.1% percentile
6.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 10.7%10.7%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 15.2%15.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 14.6%14.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 29.9%29.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 17.3%17.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.9%6.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.1%14.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 29.9%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 3.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.5%Middle Ground: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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