Author summary
98% 1 analyzed article/video 70 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Boston Herald staff results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 79.5% saturation with 167 hits . Analysis detected 534 faulty-reasoning hits from 210 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 18.2% and a BS Rank of 99% (93 of 6,196 authors). This Boston Herald staff is worse (more manipulative) than 98.50% of the peer group. Boston Herald staff
Author details
Total words: 210
Article count: 1
Publications
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99% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 98.5% percentile 18.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles210 analyzed words
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0.0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 79.5% 79.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 35.2% 35.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 18.1% 18.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 15.2% 15.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 18.1% 18.1% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 11.4% 11.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.9% 12.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 20.5% 20.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 9.1% 9.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 15.2% 15.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% 80% 80% 100% 100% Biased Writer Voice: Author 79.5%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Author 35.2%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Emotion: Author 20.5%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.9%, sitewide 19.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 18.1%, sitewide 0.5% Hasty Generalization: Author 18.1%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 15.2%, sitewide 11.1% Indoctrination: Author 15.2%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Author 11.4%, sitewide 1.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 10.5%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Recency Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst