Publication summary
91%2 analyzed articles/videos1,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WorldNetDaily results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.3% saturation with 912 hits. Analysis detected 5,385 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,496 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 87% (79 of 584 publications). This WorldNetDaily is worse (more manipulative) than 86.60% of the peer group.
WorldNetDaily
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%Just Security1%
1%Greenville News1%
87%WorldNetDaily (selected)4%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%Lookout12%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
Publication details
Total words: 4,496
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

87% percentile
025507510086.6% percentile
3.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.5K 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 10.7%10.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 4.2%4.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Publication 8.2%8.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 4.8%4.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 9.6%9.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 4.3%4.3%

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 10.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 20.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 8.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Publication 8.2%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 0.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Straw Man: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate