Speaker summary
33% 189 analyzed articles/videos 2,161 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Associated Press results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 565 hits . Analysis detected 2,729.985 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,161 analyzed words across 189 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (44,949 of 45,145 speakers). This The Associated Press is better (less manipulative) than 99.60% of the peer group. The Associated Press
Speaker details
Total words: 2,161
Article count: 189
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.4% percentile 2.4% BS Score189 analyzed videos2.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 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: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.8% Recency Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 1.4% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.0% Composition/Division: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst