Speaker summary
41% 37 analyzed articles/videos 1,014.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These KFF Health News results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Representativeness Heuristic , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 204 hits . Analysis detected 1,092 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,014.5 analyzed words across 37 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 4% (40,993 of 42,517 speakers). This KFF Health News is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group. KFF Health News
Speaker details
Total words: 1,014.5
Article count: 37
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.6% percentile 5.4% BS Score37 analyzed videos1K 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% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 10.7% 10.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 4.5% 4.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 3.8% 3.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 7.3% 7.3% 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: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 6.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 1.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 8.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 3.3% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.5% Red Herring: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst