Publication summary
73% 82 analyzed articles/videos 116,050 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Washington Monthly results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 61,528 hits . Analysis detected 481,484 faulty-reasoning hits from 546,243 analyzed words across 82 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 55% (264 of 577 publications). This Washington Monthly is worse (more manipulative) than 54.30% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 546,243
Article count: 82
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54% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 54.3% percentile 1.6% BS Score82 analyzed articles546.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 11.3% 11.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.2% 1.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Publication 0.5% 0.5% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 8.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 11.3%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, 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