Author summary
68% 3 analyzed articles/videos 621 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CityBeat Staff results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Optimism Bias , and Framing Effect , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 12.4% saturation with 434 hits . Analysis detected 2,371 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,500 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (3,105 of 8,882 authors). This CityBeat Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 65.00% of the peer group. CityBeat Staff
Author details
Total words: 3,500
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
65% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 65.0% percentile 2.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.4% 5.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.0% 7.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 12.4% 12.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 4.6% 4.6% 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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Author 12.4%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 5.1%, sitewide 1.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 4.6%, sitewide 0.5% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Author 3.8%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Nature: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.2% Composition/Division: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst