Topic summary
100%8 analyzed articles/videos6,208 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Coverage results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 5,948 hits. Analysis detected 43,045 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,757 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 69% (7,065 of 22,261 topics). This Media Coverage is worse (more manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510068.3% percentile
3.4% BS Score8 analyzed articles24.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.1%8.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 24.0%24.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 17.2%17.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 7.8%7.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.4%13.4%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 24.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.8%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 17.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 2.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate