Publication summary
19%19 analyzed articles/videos13,832 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WyoFile results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 3.6% saturation with 2,417 hits. Analysis detected 27,543 faulty-reasoning hits from 67,644 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 9% (501 of 550 publications). This WyoFile is better (less manipulative) than 91.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

9% percentile
02550751008.9% percentile
0.8% BS Score19 analyzed articles67.6K 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 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.8%1.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Publication 0.8%0.8%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Wyoming DEQ investigates foul odor coming from Jim Bridger Power Plant4%
WyoFile19%By Trina Dennis Brittain0% Rocket Miner0%8/4/2026, 10:29:34 AM
On Wind River Reservation, artist Sarah Ortegon finds healing via visual expression3%
WyoFile19%By Sarah Aziz0% WyoFile0% WyoToday0%8/4/2026, 3:20:00 AM
Ann and Al Simpson were each other’s ‘greatest champions’31%
WyoFile19%By Kerry Drake4%8/4/2026, 3:20:00 AM
Colorado River plan spares Wyoming from major cuts49%
WyoFile19%By Dustin Bleizeffer32%8/3/2026, 3:35:42 PM
Availab…4%In-Grou…4%Hasty G…1%Appeal …4%
Could tribes use ‘bad men’ clause to oust Christian church?2%
WyoFile19%By Maya Shimizu Harris10%8/3/2026, 10:31:21 AM
Coal’s share of electricity-production in Wyoming at all time low despite peak demand14%
WyoFile19%By Dustin Bleizeffer32%8/3/2026, 3:30:00 AM
The Trump administration is ranching the taxpayers68%
WyoFile19%By Kelsey Yarzab Yates85%8/3/2026, 3:20:00 AM
Ann Simpson, beloved matriarch, senator’s wife and Wyoming arts champion, dies at age 9411%
WyoFile19%By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.24% Maggie Mullen8% Rebecca Huntington10%7/31/2026, 4:12:53 PM
Wyoming will pay Star Plunge owner $1.8M to settle hot springs dispute12%
WyoFile19%By Katie Klingsporn12%7/31/2026, 12:35:42 PM
Against advice of 71 Wyoming lawyers, Lummis, Barrasso back troubled Blanche37%
WyoFile19%By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.24%7/31/2026, 12:20:00 PM