Author summary
30% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,868 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ellyn Lapointe results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Indoctrination , and Pessimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 715 hits . Analysis detected 4,955 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,773 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 41% (3,862 of 6,498 authors). This Ellyn Lapointe is better (less manipulative) than 59.40% of the peer group. Ellyn Lapointe
Author details
Total words: 6,773
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
41% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 40.6% percentile 2.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.6% 10.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.3% 0.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.6% 6.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 8.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Author 6.6%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst