Publication summary
78% 1 analyzed article/video 851 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lowell Sun results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 369 hits . Analysis detected 2,887 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,404 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 85% (90 of 584 publications). This Lowell Sun is worse (more manipulative) than 84.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 3,404
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
85% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 84.7% percentile 3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 7.2% 7.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 9.1% 9.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Publication 4.8% 4.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 1.8% 1.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 4.8% 4.8% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Publication 5.0% 5.0% 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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 9.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 10.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Bandwagon: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 1.5% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst