Author summary
61% 1 analyzed article/video 1,235 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Houston Public Media results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Loss Aversion , and Availability Heuristic , with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 353 hits . Analysis detected 2,758 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,940 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 46% (5,023 of 9,192 authors). This Houston Public Media is better (less manipulative) than 54.60% of the peer group. Houston Public Media
Author details
Total words: 4,940
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
45% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 45.4% percentile 2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.2% 3.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 7.2% 7.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 1.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.2% Loss Aversion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 2.5% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Composition/Division: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.2% False Dilemma: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Primacy Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst