Publication summary
74%3 analyzed articles/videos2,126 analyzed words
BS Summary: These HomeTown Register results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Self-Serving Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 776 hits. Analysis detected 6,078 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,504 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 63% (213 of 571 publications). This HomeTown Register is worse (more manipulative) than 62.80% of the peer group.
HomeTown Register
Publication ranking list
Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

63% percentile
025507510062.8% percentile
1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.5K 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 7.6%7.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 4.6%4.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 9.1%9.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 4.9%4.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.3%2.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 1.5%1.5%

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 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Loss Aversion: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate