Author summary
35% 35 analyzed articles/videos 14,322 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Charles Lane results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 6,268 hits . Analysis detected 42,969 faulty-reasoning hits from 70,591 analyzed words across 35 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (6,083 of 6,359 authors). This Charles Lane is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group. Charles Lane
Author details
Total words: 70,591
Article count: 35
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.3% percentile 1.2% BS Score35 analyzed articles70.6K 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 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.4% 3.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.4% 2.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% 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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst