Publication summary
1% 2 analyzed articles/videos 6,624 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brookings results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 22,160 hits . Analysis detected 271,554 faulty-reasoning hits from 472,555 analyzed words across 65 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 28% (399 of 552 publications). This Brookings is better (less manipulative) than 72.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 472,555
Article count: 65
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.8% percentile 1.1% BS Score65 analyzed articles472.6K 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 4.3% 4.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.2% 3.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.3% 1.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 1.8% 1.8% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst