Speaker summary
51% 14 analyzed articles/videos 231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These 404 Media results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Appeal to Authority , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 47% saturation with 279 hits . Analysis detected 1,278.077 faulty-reasoning hits from 231 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.1% and a BS Rank of 29% (32,187 of 45,123 speakers). This 404 Media is better (less manipulative) than 71.30% of the peer group. 404 Media
Speaker details
Total words: 231
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
29% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.7% percentile 17.1% BS Score14 analyzed videos231 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 33.0% 33.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 47.0% 47.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 23.9% 23.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 24.2% 24.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 21.0% 21.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 13.0% 13.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 15.5% 15.5% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 8.1% 8.1% 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% Negativity Bias: Speaker 47.0%, sitewide 19.2% Anecdotal: Speaker 33.0%, sitewide 5.2% Framing Effect: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 24.2%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 23.9%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 9.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 7.5% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 1.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst