Publication summary
9% 14 analyzed articles/videos 9,686 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Boulder Reporting Lab results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Optimism Bias , and Self-Serving Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 2.7% saturation with 1,265 hits . Analysis detected 16,961 faulty-reasoning hits from 47,041 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 7% (518 of 552 publications). This Boulder Reporting Lab is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 47,041
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.2% percentile 0.8% BS Score14 analyzed articles47K 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% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.4% 0.4% 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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst