Publication summary
23%15 analyzed articles/videos6,227 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Orlando Weekly results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 1,719 hits. Analysis detected 12,678 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,376 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 16% (466 of 554 publications). This Orlando Weekly is better (less manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

16% percentile
025507510015.9% percentile
0.9% BS Score15 analyzed articles30.4K 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 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.9%1.9%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Meet Orange County’s mayoral candidates2%
Orlando Weekly23%By McKenna Schueler8%8/4/2026, 1:10:36 PM
Former Orlando bar owner sentenced to federal prison after child sex crimes plea7%
Orlando Weekly23%By Chloe Greenberg22%8/4/2026, 12:56:52 PM
DeSantis taps sheriff’s deputy to fill Orange County Commission vacancy11%
Orlando Weekly23%By McKenna Schueler8%8/3/2026, 2:47:19 PM
This Orlando century home with hidden ties to city’s first hospital is for sale5%
Orlando Weekly23%By Chloe Greenberg22%8/2/2026, 9:20:48 AM
Florida AG Uthmeier warns Catholic church to accept vaccine exemptions11%
Orlando Weekly23%By Ana Goñi-Lessan17% News Service of Florida18%8/2/2026, 8:39:14 AM
‘Love Is Blind’ is looking for Orlando singles to audition12%
Orlando Weekly23%By Paige Bright37%8/1/2026, 8:43:32 AM
Everyone we saw having a diabolically fun time with Melanie Martinez in Orlando77%
Orlando Weekly23%By Jim Leatherman94% Matthew Moyer81%7/31/2026, 2:42:48 PM
Over 20 new restaurants and businesses are moving into Mills 5024%
Orlando Weekly23%By Chloe Greenberg22% Faiyaz Kara43%7/31/2026, 1:37:58 PM
Uthmeier announces felony charges against a Canadian citizen who voted in Florida elections19%
Orlando Weekly23%By Mitch Perry20% Florida Phoenix53%7/31/2026, 6:50:00 AM
‘Disney adult’ is not a pejorative at House of Mouse Expo37%
Orlando Weekly23%By Seth Kubersky37%7/30/2026, 8:26:34 PM