Publication summary
96% 123 analyzed articles/videos 90,620 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Thinker results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Politically Right Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 85,555 hits . Analysis detected 683,014 faulty-reasoning hits from 417,846 analyzed words across 123 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 84% (92 of 559 publications). This American Thinker is worse (more manipulative) than 83.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 417,846
Article count: 123
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
84% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 83.7% percentile 3.0% BS Score123 analyzed articles417.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.3% 6.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 20.5% 20.5% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Publication 13.8% 13.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 7.9% 7.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 11.7% 11.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 15.1% 15.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 4.1% 4.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.3% 3.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 5.4% 5.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.4% 1.4% 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: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 20.5%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Publication 11.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.9%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Publication 15.1%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 13.8%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 9.6%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 3.1% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 1.5% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Straw Man: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 0.9% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Slippery Slope: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst