Author summary
93% 3 analyzed articles/videos 543 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brad Reed results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 24.8% saturation with 1,390 hits . Analysis detected 9,698 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,610 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 78% (1,383 of 6,271 authors). This Brad Reed is worse (more manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group. Brad Reed
Author details
Total words: 5,610
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 78.0% percentile 4.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 15.3% 15.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.1% 11.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 13.2% 13.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.3% 14.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.8% 3.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 4.1% 4.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 24.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.1%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 15.3%, sitewide 2.0% Hasty Generalization: Author 13.2%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.1%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 6.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Author 4.1%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.8%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Begging the Question: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Slippery Slope: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst