Publication summary
14% 37 analyzed articles/videos 33,973 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Billy Penn results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4.2% saturation with 6,335 hits . Analysis detected 58,899 faulty-reasoning hits from 152,189 analyzed words across 37 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 9% (533 of 582 publications). This Billy Penn is better (less manipulative) than 91.60% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 152,189
Article count: 37
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.4% percentile 0.8% BS Score37 analyzed articles152.2K 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 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 0.5% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst