Publication summary
98% 85 analyzed articles/videos 35,041 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Common Dreams results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Politically Left Leaning Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19% saturation with 31,003 hits . Analysis detected 288,766 faulty-reasoning hits from 163,424 analyzed words across 85 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 87% (73 of 548 publications). This Common Dreams is worse (more manipulative) than 86.80% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 163,424
Article count: 85
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
87% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 86.8% percentile 3.3% BS Score85 analyzed articles163.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 16.3% 16.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 16.1% 16.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 16.7% 16.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.6% 4.6% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Publication 6.5% 6.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 3.4% 3.4% 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 16.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 19.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 17.7%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 16.3%, sitewide 2.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 16.1%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 8.0%, sitewide 8.1% Indoctrination: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Ad Hominem: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.9%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Begging the Question: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 1.5% Slippery Slope: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 1.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst