Publication summary
64%59 analyzed articles/videos76,680 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CNET results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Anecdotal, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 34,427 hits. Analysis detected 223,201 faulty-reasoning hits from 311,484 analyzed words across 59 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 40% (330 of 548 publications). This CNET is better (less manipulative) than 60.10% of the peer group.
CNET
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
1%The Trace1%
40%CNET (selected)2%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

40% percentile
025507510039.9% percentile
1.4% BS Score59 analyzed articles311.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 1.9%1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 4.2%4.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 3.7%3.7%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 11.1%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate