Publication summary
99%51 analyzed articles/videos16,081 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Breaking Points results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 25.5% saturation with 22,468 hits. Analysis detected 251,575 faulty-reasoning hits from 88,258 analyzed words across 51 videos, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 96% (23 of 548 publications). This Breaking Points is worse (more manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group.
Breaking Points
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
1%The Trace1%
96%Breaking Points (selected)6%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
Publication details
Total words: 88,258
Video count: 51
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

96% percentile
025507510096.0% percentile
5.3% BS Score51 analyzed articles88.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 22.3%22.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 22.6%22.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 16.0%16.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Publication 7.7%7.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 25.5%25.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Publication 7.9%7.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 21.9%21.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Publication 7.3%7.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Publication 7.2%7.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 10.0%10.0%

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 16.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 25.5%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Publication 22.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 22.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 21.9%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Publication 12.2%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 10.0%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Publication 7.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 7.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Publication 7.3%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 6.3%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Publication 5.9%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 0.4%Special Pleading: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 4.0%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate