Publication summary
30%31 analyzed articles/videos13,229 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Newsday results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 4,436 hits. Analysis detected 26,403 faulty-reasoning hits from 52,916 analyzed words across 31 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 27% (417 of 570 publications). This Newsday is better (less manipulative) than 73.10% of the peer group.
Newsday
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Just Security1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
27%Newsday (selected)1%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

27% percentile
025507510026.9% percentile
1.0% BS Score31 analyzed articles52.9K 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 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.2%1.2%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Cold cases from the 1990s: Could the Gilgo serial killer be tied to them?57%
Newsday30%By Newsday Studios43% News12/ Pool. Photo Credit: Newsday/ James Carbone69% Suffolk County District Attorney69% North Shore High School69%8/7/2026, 2:00:00 AM
At-home Lyme disease tests — for ticks — hitting market this month39%
Newsday30%By Newsday Studios43% File Footage38%8/6/2026, 2:14:24 PM
Framing…15%Self-Se…8%Fundame…2%Appeal …14%
Nassau police shoot knife-wielding man in the face in Westbury, commissioner says5%
Newsday30%By Nicholas Grasso3% Maureen Mullarkey7%8/4/2026, 4:42:08 AM
LIPA files complaint over 50% price increase for use of undersea cable79%
Newsday30%By Jim Peppler96% David L. Pokress96% Drew Singh96% Shari Einhorn96%8/4/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Negativ…24%
WWII airman from LI laid to rest 8 decades after his death2%
Newsday30%By James Carbone1%8/3/2026, 3:46:33 PM
Negativ…21%Post Ho…52%
Former Wantagh fire medic settles claims two department officers raped her14%
Newsday30%By Newsday Staff13%8/2/2026, 11:00:00 PM
August events and things to do this weekend on Long Island1%
Newsday30%By Lynn Petry0%8/1/2026, 2:00:00 AM
How snowy winter could lead to summer surge of ticks, fireflies57%
Newsday30%By Rick Kopstein70% Gary Licker70% File Footage38% Photo Credit: Newsday30% Steve Pfost70% AP60% Carolyn Kaster70%7/31/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Availab…21%Negativ…13%
Tick-born rabbit disease reported on Long Island3%
Newsday30%By Newsday Studios43% File Footage38% Photo Credit: Newsday30% Daniel Goodrich4% Steven Sunshine4% Wildlife Center of Long Island4%7/30/2026, 11:00:00 PM
Small plane crashes into a home in northern Germany, leaving 1 dead and 1 missing5%
Newsday30%By The Associated Press72%7/25/2026, 6:03:33 AM