Publication summary
44% 16 analyzed articles/videos 20,388 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Markup results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 5,515 hits . Analysis detected 47,432 faulty-reasoning hits from 87,120 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 30% (395 of 564 publications). This The Markup is better (less manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 87,120
Article count: 16
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.0% percentile 1.1% BS Score16 analyzed articles87.1K 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 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.7% 2.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 2.1% 2.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Publication 3.8% 3.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 2.1% 2.1% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Publication 3.2%, 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 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst