Author summary
12% 1 analyzed article/video 1,297 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bernard Smith results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 234 hits . Analysis detected 1,131 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,891 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (5,312 of 6,629 authors). This Bernard Smith is better (less manipulative) than 80.10% of the peer group. Bernard Smith
Author details
Total words: 3,891
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.9% percentile 1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.7% 5.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.0% 6.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.8% 2.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.2% 0.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.9% 1.9% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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: Author 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.1% Middle Ground: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.1% Indoctrination: Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst