Speaker summary
80% 7 analyzed articles/videos 777.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wall Street Journal editorial board results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 46.5% saturation with 678 hits . Analysis detected 3,917.504 faulty-reasoning hits from 777.333 analyzed words across 7 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 9.8% and a BS Rank of 13% (39,570 of 45,103 speakers). This Wall Street Journal editorial board is better (less manipulative) than 87.70% of the peer group. Wall Street Journal editorial board
Speaker details
Total words: 777.333
Content count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.3% percentile 9.8% BS Score7 analyzed videos777.3 analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 46.5% 46.5% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 28.4% 28.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 29.0% 29.0% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 19.9% 19.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 17.1% 17.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 12.3% 12.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 26.1% 26.1% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 8.5% 8.5% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% 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% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 46.5%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 29.0%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 19.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 1.5% Indoctrination: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 15.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 8.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 3.1% Begging the Question: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 1.4% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Middle Ground: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 3.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst