Author summary
2% 4 analyzed articles/videos 3,832 analyzed words
BS Summary: These El Paso Matters Staff results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 2.6% saturation with 579 hits . Analysis detected 4,789 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,489 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.6% and a BS Rank of 1% (6,354 of 6,360 authors). This El Paso Matters Staff is better (less manipulative) than 99.90% of the peer group. El Paso Matters Staff
Author details
Total words: 22,489
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.1% percentile 0.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles22.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.3% 0.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.1% 0.1% 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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst