Publication: BBC
BBC
has 16% among publications.
BS Score: 1.4%.
Articles analyzed: 209.
Words analyzed: 1,254,060.
Analyzed articles
BBC
- By Calum Marsh
- 7/3/2026, 10:42 AM
Biased Writer Voice 49.9% - Halo Effect 16.4% - Negativity Bias 14.9%
A low-budget riff on the time-travelling classic set in Toronto, Nirvanna the Band the Show was never intended to be more than a passion project for its two creators. But it has found a devoted following, from the US to South Korea. One of the funniest moments in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the widely acclaimed Canadian comedy... more
BBC Future
- By David Robson
- 7/3/2026, 10:00 AM
Confirmation Bias 26.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 22% - Negativity Bias 17.5%
Disease and death are back in the headlines. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently outpacing response efforts, and concerns about hantavirus linger, as new patients test positive for the infection. Most of us will never come into contact with these pathogens, and so we should have no need to protect... more
BBC Travel
- By Olga Mecking
- 7/2/2026, 1:00 PM
Hasty Generalization 24.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 22.5% - Biased Writer Voice 18.8%
Each summer, Poland awaits bilberry season in order to eat jagodianzki, traditional berry-filled buns. But this humble comfort food has had a glow up, and is more desired than ever. As the days grow warmer in Poland, our forests teem with beautiful fruits like strawberries and plums, which we will eagerly fold into light, delicious... more
BBC
- By Laura Martin
- 7/2/2026, 10:35 AM
Hasty Generalization 22.9% - Negativity Bias 20.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 17.3%
When it comes to TV credits sequences, few evoke as much nostalgia as that for Little House On The Prairie, the 1970s series about family life on the American frontier in the 19th Century. "This song reminds of the good old days...carefree and unburdened," says one fan, commenting under a video clip of the NBC series intro on YouTube... more
BBC Future
- By David Robson
- 7/2/2026, 10:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.2% - Appeal to Authority 9.6% - Overconfidence Bias 8.7%
'Separate in name and power': How America reinvented English From "deadline" to "lituation", from "prairie" to "amirite", America's linguistic independence has transformed the English language with a wealth of new words and phrases – shaping its own cultural identity in the process. Did the founding of the United States of America demand... more
BBC Future
- By Eve Livingston
- 6/29/2026, 10:00 AM
Anecdotal 12.9% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 10.4%
It was no ordinary day in court. There was no jury, no witnesses or defendants at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 24 October 2008. Instead, in front of the judge, who was dressed in full regalia, were 85 rival gang members from the east end of Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city. For decades, the area had been plagued by territorial youth gangs,... more
BBC
- By Fiona Macdonald
- 6/29/2026, 9:53 AM
Negativity Bias 20.6% - Anecdotal 16.8% - Appeal to Emotion 11.5%
In July 1983, Clash of Loyalties was screened for the first – and almost last – time. In 2020, its producer told the BBC about conscriptions, interrogations, and a drunk Oliver Reed. The biggest threat to Saddam Hussein's epic Hollywood-style film Clash of Loyalties was not the outbreak of war between Iran and Iraq in 1980, a few weeks... more
BBC Future
- By Ally Hirschlag
- 6/28/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 15.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.2% - Overconfidence Bias 13.4%
On the eve of my wedding, my parents, husband-to-be and I watched a beautifully memorable sunset from the deck of a house in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Cape Cod is famous for its "golden hour" light. On a narrowing peninsula almost entirely surrounded by water, moisture scatters the light of the Sun when it nears the horizon, creating a... more
BBC
- By Arwa Haider
- 6/26/2026, 11:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 17.9% - Confirmation Bias 15% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 14.8%
'Created amid high drama': The animals that symbolise pain and passion in a Frida Kahlo self-portrait A hummingbird, a spider monkey, a black cat and dragonflies – what the animal imagery in an iconic 1940 painting tells us about the artist's trauma, resilience and defiant desire. "Fridamania" is in full force. Mexican painter Frida... more
BBC Future
- By Sophie Hardach
- 6/26/2026, 10:00 AM
Optimism Bias 15.1% - Unattributed Quote 14.3% - Availability Heuristic 13.4%
A simple, low-tech remedy may help cool homes. Here's the science behind the trend. As record-breaking heat sweeps over France, some shops are running out of a simple, cheap and unexpected product – crushed chalk. Known as Blanc de Meudon, or Meudon whiting, it is normally used to make paints or as a cleaning product. But faced with... more