Author summary
43% 6 analyzed articles/videos 9,135 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tribune News Service results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 1,473 hits . Analysis detected 17,923 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,688 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (8,323 of 8,706 authors). This Tribune News Service is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group. Tribune News Service
Author details
Total words: 35,688
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.4% percentile 1.0% BS Score6 analyzed articles35.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.5% 2.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% 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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst