Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video378 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daniel McCarthy results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 62.2% saturation with 1,888 hits. Analysis detected 11,726 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,036 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠96% (310 of 6,576 authors). This Daniel McCarthy is worse (more manipulative) than 95.30% of the peer group.
Daniel McCarthy
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠96%Daniel McCarthy (selected)11%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,036
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

95% percentile
025507510095.3% percentile
10.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 62.2%62.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 35.2%35.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 29.9%29.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 34.2%34.2%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Author 16.4%16.4%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Author 15.7%15.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 30.8%30.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 11.5%11.5%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.7%1.7%

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 62.2%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 35.2%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Author 34.2%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Author 30.8%, sitewide 19.2%Slippery Slope: Author 29.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing Effect: Author 27.1%, sitewide 26.9%Straw Man: Author 16.4%, sitewide 0.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 15.9%, sitewide 8.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 15.7%, sitewide 3.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 12.4%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Author 11.5%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Burden of Proof: Author 9.8%, sitewide 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 2.0%Genetic Fallacy: Author 7.6%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Author 7.2%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 6.0%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Composition/Division: Author 5.1%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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