Author summary
84% 2 analyzed articles/videos 400 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MPR News Staff results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Halo Effect , and Recency Bias , with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 35.4% saturation with 467 hits . Analysis detected 1,335 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,319 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of 88% (1,145 of 9,471 authors). This MPR News Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 87.90% of the peer group. MPR News Staff
Author details
Total words: 1,319
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
88% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 87.9% percentile 5.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 35.4% 35.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.2% 5.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 11.4% 11.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.0% 1.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.3% 1.3% 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% In-Group Bias: Author 35.4%, sitewide 6.9% Framing Effect: Author 3.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 11.4%, sitewide 4.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 6.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 6.0% Recency Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 2.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 3.7% Primacy Effect: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.1% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.1% Gambler’s Fallacy: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst