Author summary
93% 9 analyzed articles/videos 5,295 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Amanda Marcotte results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33% saturation with 14,269 hits . Analysis detected 83,612 faulty-reasoning hits from 43,244 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 72% (1,771 of 6,170 authors). This Amanda Marcotte is worse (more manipulative) than 71.30% of the peer group. Amanda Marcotte
Author details
Total words: 43,244
Article count: 9
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
71% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 71.3% percentile 3.7% BS Score9 analyzed articles43.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 33.0% 33.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.7% 5.7% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 18.6% 18.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 21.4% 21.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 13.9% 13.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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: Author 33.0%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 21.4%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Author 17.3%, sitewide 19.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 18.6%, sitewide 2.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Author 13.9%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 6.0%, sitewide 2.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 3.1% Anecdotal: Author 3.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Straw Man: Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Slippery Slope: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst