Author summary
21% 1 analyzed article/video 1,096 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Clare Shanahan - Valley News results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Halo Effect , and Optimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 208 hits . Analysis detected 1,752 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,384 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 31% (6,376 of 9,133 authors). This Clare Shanahan - Valley News is better (less manipulative) than 69.80% of the peer group. Clare Shanahan - Valley News
Author details
Total words: 4,384
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.2% percentile 1.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.4K 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 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.7% 4.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 3.2% 3.2% 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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Middle Ground: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.1% Composition/Division: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.2% Red Herring: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.7% Burden of Proof: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst