Publication summary
10% 16 analyzed articles/videos 5,995 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hartford Courant results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 2,006 hits . Analysis detected 9,686 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,134 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (403 of 548 publications). This Hartford Courant is better (less manipulative) than 73.50% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 26,134
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.5% percentile 1.1% BS Score16 analyzed articles26.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.2% 1.2% 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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 0.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst