Author summary
0% 5 analyzed articles/videos 434 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Merica results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Negativity Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 45.1% saturation with 716 hits . Analysis detected 3,800 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,586 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of 93% (453 of 6,497 authors). This Dan Merica is worse (more manipulative) than 93.00% of the peer group. Dan Merica
Author details
Total words: 1,586
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
93% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 93.0% percentile 8.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 37.6% 37.6% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 45.1% 45.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 35.1% 35.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 13.2% 13.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.7% 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 12.2% 12.2% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Author 8.4% 8.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 14.5% 14.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 7.4% 7.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% 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 45.1%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 37.6%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 35.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.7%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 14.5%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 13.2%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 12.2%, sitewide 3.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Slippery Slope: Author 8.4%, sitewide 1.7% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% Loss Aversion: Author 7.5%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 7.4%, sitewide 1.1% In-Group Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 6.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 1.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Primacy Effect: Author 5.4%, sitewide 0.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst