Author summary
96% 14 analyzed articles/videos 2,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daily Kos Staff results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 48.8% saturation with 4,589 hits . Analysis detected 24,919 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,403 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 85% (941 of 6,170 authors). This Daily Kos Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 84.80% of the peer group. Daily Kos Staff
Author details
Total words: 9,403
Article count: 14
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
85% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 84.8% percentile 5.4% BS Score14 analyzed articles9.4K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 48.8% 48.8% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 31.8% 31.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 35.1% 35.1% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 16.2% 16.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 12.0% 12.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 14.9% 14.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.0% 0.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 21.3% 21.3% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Biased Writer Voice: Author 48.8%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 35.1%, sitewide 19.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 31.8%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect: Author 21.3%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 19.4%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Author 16.2%, sitewide 2.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 14.9%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 12.0%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Author 5.6%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Begging the Question: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst