Author summary
84% 4 analyzed articles/videos 766 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maine News Service results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 708 hits . Analysis detected 4,436 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,598 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 69% (2,754 of 8,771 authors). This Maine News Service is worse (more manipulative) than 68.60% of the peer group. Maine News Service
Author details
Total words: 4,598
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
69% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 68.6% percentile 3.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles4.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.7% 5.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 12.1% 12.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.2% 9.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.1% 2.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.4% 15.4% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.2%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 12.1%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst