Publication summary
3% 1 analyzed article/video 582 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Financial Post results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Burden of Proof , Hasty Generalization , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 96 hits . Analysis detected 738 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,328 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 56% (262 of 584 publications). This Financial Post is worse (more manipulative) than 55.20% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 2,328
Article count: 1
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55% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 55.2% percentile 1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K 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 0.4% 0.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.3% 1.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.9% 3.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.5% 1.5% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Publication 4.0% 4.0% 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 0.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Burden of Proof: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 0.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst