Publication summary
11% 1 analyzed article/video 1,507 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MarketWatch results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion , Availability Heuristic , and Pessimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 2.8% saturation with 169 hits . Analysis detected 1,665 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,028 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 30% (398 of 565 publications). This MarketWatch is better (less manipulative) than 70.40% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 6,028
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 29.6% percentile 1.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 0.2% 0.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 0.5% 0.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.4% 1.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Publication 0.1% 0.1% 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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 0.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 0.4%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst