Publication summary
91% 267 analyzed articles/videos 291,404 analyzed words
BS Summary: These L.A. TACO results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 118,354 hits . Analysis detected 1,171,511 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,083,484 analyzed words across 267 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 64% (198 of 548 publications). This L.A. TACO is worse (more manipulative) than 64.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 1,083,484
Article count: 267
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.0% percentile 2.0% BS Score267 analyzed articles1.1M 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 10.9% 10.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 10.9% 10.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 10.3% 10.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 4.0% 4.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 8.3% 8.3% 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 10.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 10.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 10.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 8.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 5.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 5.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 2.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst