Author summary
31% 6 analyzed articles/videos 7,961 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bryan Walsh results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 3,887 hits . Analysis detected 32,015 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,256 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 14% (5,481 of 6,376 authors). This Bryan Walsh is better (less manipulative) than 86.00% of the peer group. Bryan Walsh
Author details
Total words: 41,256
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.0% percentile 1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles41.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.7% 2.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 9.4% 9.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst