Publication summary
62% 118 analyzed articles/videos 116,585 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Reason.com results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 42,883 hits . Analysis detected 377,181 faulty-reasoning hits from 507,056 analyzed words across 118 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 42% (323 of 548 publications). This Reason.com is better (less manipulative) than 58.90% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 507,056
Article count: 118
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
41% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 41.1% percentile 1.4% BS Score118 analyzed articles507.1K 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 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.8% 3.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 1.6% 1.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.6% 0.6% 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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 7.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 8.5%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst