Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,058 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Byron York results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Confirmation Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 744 hits . Analysis detected 5,554 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,232 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 65% (2,335 of 6,606 authors). This Byron York is worse (more manipulative) than 64.70% of the peer group. Byron York
Author details
Total words: 4,232
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
65% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.7% percentile 3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.2K 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 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 17.6% 17.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.3% 14.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 11.4% 11.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 11.3% 11.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.4% 3.4% 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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.3%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 17.6%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.4%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 3.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% False Dilemma: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.5% Straw Man: Author 4.2%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.1%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Indoctrination: Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.0% Slippery Slope: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst