Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Doug Bandow results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22.7% saturation with 863 hits . Analysis detected 4,786 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,804 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,628 authors). This Doug Bandow is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Doug Bandow
Author details
Total words: 3,804
Article count: 1
Publications
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0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 14.7% 14.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.2% 6.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 11.7% 11.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 15.1% 15.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.2% 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 4.5% 4.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 22.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 15.1%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.7%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst