Author summary
13% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,702 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catherine Sweeney results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Appeal to Authority , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 729 hits . Analysis detected 2,874 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,820 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (5,325 of 6,629 authors). This Catherine Sweeney is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group. Catherine Sweeney
Author details
Total words: 5,820
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.7% percentile 1.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K 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 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.5% 12.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.1% False Dilemma: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst