Publication summary
⁠27%2 analyzed articles/videos1,832 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Mercury News results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 1,054 hits. Analysis detected 4,735 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,328 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠44% (150 of 267 publications). This The Mercury News is better (less manipulative) than 56.00% of the peer group.
The Mercury News
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
⁠0%Here & Now1%
⁠1%Houston Chronicle1%
⁠1%FactCheck.org1%
⁠2%WBEZ Chicago1%
⁠2%@politifact1%
⁠44%The Mercury News (selected)2%
⁠99%CBC Gem8%
⁠99%Decatur Daily9%
⁠100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
⁠100%MS NOW Live Events26%
⁠100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
The Mercury News attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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The Mercury News vs All Other Publications
The Mercury News attribute percentages, with an overlaid baseline for all publications (Overall) for those same attributes.

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