Publication summary
59% 16 analyzed articles/videos 32,852 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Current Affairs results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 9,566 hits . Analysis detected 97,026 faulty-reasoning hits from 139,610 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 42% (344 of 584 publications). This Current Affairs is better (less manipulative) than 58.80% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 139,610
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
41% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 41.2% percentile 1.3% BS Score16 analyzed articles139.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 3.2% 3.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 0.8% 0.8% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 5.5% 5.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 6.8%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 2.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Indoctrination: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst