Publication summary
72% 565 analyzed articles/videos 399,769 analyzed words
BS Summary: These AP News results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 5,634 hits . Analysis detected 49,146 faulty-reasoning hits from 47,003 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 69% (184 of 577 publications). This AP News is worse (more manipulative) than 68.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 47,003
Article count: 22
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
68% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 68.2% percentile 2.1% BS Score22 analyzed articles47K 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% Publication 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 12.0% 12.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.3% 3.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Publication 6.0% 6.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 9.7% 9.7% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 12.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.7%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 8.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 1.4% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 3.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst