Topic summary
⁠54%1 analyzed article/video607 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Reporting Ethics results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Indoctrination, and Hasty Generalization, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 427 hits. Analysis detected 2,109 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,428 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (7,605 of 24,545 topics). This Media Reporting Ethics is worse (more manipulative) than 69.00% of the peer group.
Media Reporting Ethics
Topic details
Total words: 2,428
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510069.0% percentile
3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 17.6%17.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.3%9.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.5%6.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.8%3.8%

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: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 17.6%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.3%Bandwagon: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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