Publication summary
53%12 analyzed articles/videos8,785 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Indypendent results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Optimism Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 2,994 hits. Analysis detected 30,937 faulty-reasoning hits from 53,527 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 32% (379 of 550 publications). This The Indypendent is better (less manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group.
The Indypendent
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%The Trace1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
32%The Indypendent (selected)2%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
Publication details
Total words: 53,527
Article count: 12
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

31% percentile
025507510031.1% percentile
1.1% BS Score12 analyzed articles53.5K 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 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.3%1.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Publication 0.1%0.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 4.0%4.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 1.3%1.3%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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The Indypendent53%By Amba Guerguerian45%7/10/2026, 10:25:10 AM