Author summary
82% 11 analyzed articles/videos 6,608 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Beacon Staff results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.7% saturation with 3,696 hits . Analysis detected 28,693 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,997 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 52% (4,249 of 8,802 authors). This Beacon Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group. Beacon Staff
Author details
Total words: 26,997
Article count: 11
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
52% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 51.7% percentile 2.3% BS Score11 analyzed articles27K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.4% 9.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 9.3% 9.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.2% 6.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 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: Author 9.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 13.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 2.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst