Speaker summary
63% 87 analyzed articles/videos 2,416.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Washington Post results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Quote-first Misdirection , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 24.7% saturation with 1,060 hits . Analysis detected 3,995.807 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,416.333 analyzed words across 87 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 2% (41,800 of 42,328 speakers). This The Washington Post is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the peer group. The Washington Post
Speaker details
Total words: 2,416.333
Article count: 87
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.2% percentile 3.5% BS Score87 analyzed videos2.4K 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 6.9% 6.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 24.8% 24.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 8.3% 8.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 7.6% 7.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.5% 2.5% 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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 24.8%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 9.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 0.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 1.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 3.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst