Independent Filmmaker Guidelines and Submission Form 3%

7/31/2026, 10:29:14 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Status Quo Bias, and Loss Aversion, with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 27 hits. Analysis detected 74 faulty-reasoning hits from 187 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 11.8% and a BS Rank of 3% (24,810 of 25,564 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the article peer group.

Ideastream Public Media welcomes inquiries from independent filmmakers for consideration to air their finished work on WVIZ and/or one of its subchannels. 
Please use the form below to submit your production. 
If you want help producing or completing your film, *please do not use this form*; instead send an email to TalktoUs@ideastream.org for review by our content team. 
Please review the following criteria by which we evaluate requests to air on WVIZ: 
* **Regional relevance:** Is it produced by a Northeast Ohioan? 
Does it feature our region? 
Does it cover a topic of importance to our region? 
* **Diverse perspectives:** Does it offer fresh ideas, diverse voices, or highlight underrepresented communities in our region? 
* **Journalistic integrity:** Does it follow Ideastream’s Editorial Ethics and Guidelines? 
* **Production quality:** Does it adhere to PBS production quality standards? 
* **Length:** Is it a PBS standard length program (56:46 or 26:46)? 
* **Fees:** Is it offered for broadcast without fees? 
* **Rights:** Did the filmmaker secure all necessary music and image rights? 
*Note: the form below may take a moment to completely load. 
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Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
0%
Representativeness Heuristic
2.7%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
0%
Loss Aversion
4.8%
Status Quo Bias
5.9%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
0%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
14.4%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
11.8%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
0%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
0%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

187 words analyzed.

Analysis

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