Publication summary
94%118 analyzed articles/videos93,767 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Federalist results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 18.7% saturation with 77,537 hits. Analysis detected 620,238 faulty-reasoning hits from 415,685 analyzed words across 118 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 80% (111 of 548 publications). This The Federalist is worse (more manipulative) than 79.90% of the peer group.
The Federalist
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
1%The Trace1%
80%The Federalist (selected)3%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

80% percentile
025507510079.9% percentile
2.8% BS Score118 analyzed articles415.7K 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 9.9%9.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Publication 15.4%15.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 18.6%18.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 7.8%7.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 11.6%11.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 4.6%4.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.9%1.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Publication 4.8%4.8%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 11.6%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 18.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 15.4%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 10.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 8.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.0%, 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 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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