Publication summary
28% 6 analyzed articles/videos 3,120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Investigate Midwest results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Availability Heuristic , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 1,619 hits . Analysis detected 6,384 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,012 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 31% (384 of 552 publications). This Investigate Midwest is better (less manipulative) than 69.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 17,012
Article count: 6
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31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.5% percentile 1.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles17K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 0.4% 0.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 9.5% 9.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.3% 0.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 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: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 9.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst