Publication summary
84% 125 analyzed articles/videos 117,549 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salon results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 73,169 hits . Analysis detected 569,444 faulty-reasoning hits from 546,313 analyzed words across 125 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 61% (216 of 548 publications). This Salon is worse (more manipulative) than 60.70% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 546,313
Article count: 125
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
61% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 60.7% percentile 1.9% BS Score125 analyzed articles546.3K 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 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 5.3% 5.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 13.4% 13.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.1% 3.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.0% 2.0% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 6.1% 6.1% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 10.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 13.4%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 9.4%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 6.1%, sitewide 2.0% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst