Publication summary
34% 5 analyzed articles/videos 3,560 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Washington City Paper results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 1,244 hits . Analysis detected 10,381 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,087 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 40% (345 of 571 publications). This Washington City Paper is better (less manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 19,087
Article count: 5
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
40% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.6% percentile 1.2% BS Score5 analyzed articles19.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.4% 1.4% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst