Publication summary
9% 11 analyzed articles/videos 17,940 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Capital B News results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 3.1% saturation with 2,298 hits . Analysis detected 26,007 faulty-reasoning hits from 74,596 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 4% (535 of 556 publications). This Capital B News is better (less manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 74,596
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.8% percentile 0.7% BS Score11 analyzed articles74.6K 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 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.3% 1.3% 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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.7%, 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% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst