Author summary
65% 2 analyzed articles/videos 206 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Weigel results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 27.3% saturation with 375 hits . Analysis detected 2,170 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,374 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 88% (855 of 6,628 authors). This David Weigel is worse (more manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group. David Weigel
Author details
Total words: 1,374
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
87% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 87.1% percentile 5.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.1% 6.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 20.0% 20.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 7.0% 7.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 9.5% 9.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Author 7.2% 7.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.3% 10.3% 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 27.3%, sitewide 26.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 20.0%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.5%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.3%, sitewide 5.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 9.5%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 6.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 7.2%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.0%, sitewide 0.8% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Bandwagon: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst