Author summary
43% 1 analyzed article/video 1,049 analyzed words
BS Summary: These States Newsroom results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 250 hits . Analysis detected 2,174 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,196 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 26% (7,073 of 9,471 authors). This States Newsroom is better (less manipulative) than 74.70% of the peer group. States Newsroom
Author details
Total words: 4,196
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
25% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 25.3% percentile 1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.0% 4.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.1% 2.1% 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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Ad Hominem: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Red Herring: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Horn Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.0% Tu Quoque: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.2% Burden of Proof: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.4% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst