Publication summary
87% 76 analyzed articles/videos 111,497 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Nation results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 72,079 hits . Analysis detected 518,127 faulty-reasoning hits from 455,955 analyzed words across 76 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 67% (188 of 556 publications). This The Nation is worse (more manipulative) than 66.30% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 455,955
Article count: 76
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66% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.3% percentile 2.1% BS Score76 analyzed articles456K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.3% 6.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 15.8% 15.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 10.3% 10.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.2% 3.2% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 8.6% 8.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 10.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 15.8%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 8.6%, sitewide 2.0% Hasty Generalization: Publication 8.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst