Topic summary
97% 17 analyzed articles/videos 7,672 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maddowblog results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.2% saturation with 8,929 hits . Analysis detected 51,775 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,040 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 65% (8,806 of 24,545 topics). This Maddowblog is worse (more manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group. Maddowblog
Topic details
Total words: 34,040
Article count: 17
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.1% percentile 3.0% BS Score17 analyzed articles34K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 26.2% 26.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 10.9% 10.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 5.8% 5.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Topic 4.6% 4.6% 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: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 26.2%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Topic 23.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 2.0% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 0.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst