Author summary
69% 1 analyzed article/video 1,628 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Religion News Service results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Indoctrination , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 872 hits . Analysis detected 5,299 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,512 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 46% (4,873 of 8,882 authors). This Religion News Service is better (less manipulative) than 54.90% of the peer group. Religion News Service
Author details
Total words: 6,512
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
45% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 45.1% percentile 2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.2% 2.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.2% 6.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.4% 7.4% Appeal to Nature Sitewide 0.2% Author 3.9% 3.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.1% 1.1% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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% Framing Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 13.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.9% Indoctrination: Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Appeal to Nature: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Slippery Slope: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst