Author summary
61% 10 analyzed articles/videos 2,081 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ed Silverman results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.2% saturation with 1,742 hits . Analysis detected 8,838 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,832 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,089 of 6,315 authors). This Ed Silverman is worse (more manipulative) than 66.90% of the peer group. Ed Silverman
Author details
Total words: 7,832
Article count: 10
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
67% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.9% percentile 3.4% BS Score10 analyzed articles7.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 14.9% 14.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.0% 7.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.5% 12.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 22.2% 22.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.1% 7.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.5% 3.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 4.4% 4.4% 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 22.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.9%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.1% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst