Publication summary
53% 44 analyzed articles/videos 40,630 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Limits results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 10,884 hits . Analysis detected 108,679 faulty-reasoning hits from 180,153 analyzed words across 44 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 32% (381 of 559 publications). This City Limits is better (less manipulative) than 68.10% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 180,153
Article count: 44
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
32% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.9% percentile 1.1% BS Score44 analyzed articles180.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.0% 3.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.9% 0.9% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst