Author summary
17% 2 analyzed articles/videos 734 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Berkeleyside Staff results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Unattributed Quote , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 419 hits . Analysis detected 1,343 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,658 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 45% (3,518 of 6,316 authors). This Berkeleyside Staff is better (less manipulative) than 55.70% of the peer group. Berkeleyside Staff
Author details
Total words: 2,658
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 44.3% percentile 2.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.0% 7.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.7% 1.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.6% 0.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 5.3% 5.3% 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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Primacy Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.9% Burden of Proof: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst