Author summary
59% 6 analyzed articles/videos 748 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Breitbart News results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Overconfidence Bias , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 324 hits . Analysis detected 2,486 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,922 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 78% (2,129 of 9,471 authors). This Breitbart News is worse (more manipulative) than 77.50% of the peer group. Breitbart News
Author details
Total words: 2,922
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 77.5% percentile 3.5% BS Score6 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.9% 8.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 7.0% 7.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.8% 5.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.4% 0.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 8.8% 8.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.7% 2.7% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.8%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 11.1%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 4.6% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 1.4% In-Group Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.5% Burden of Proof: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.4% Primacy Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst