Author summary
57% 2 analyzed articles/videos 638 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Garrett Downs results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 422 hits . Analysis detected 3,651 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,342 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 62% (2,436 of 6,360 authors). This Garrett Downs is worse (more manipulative) than 61.70% of the peer group. Garrett Downs
Author details
Total words: 3,342
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
62% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 61.7% percentile 3.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 12.6% 12.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.5% 12.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.1% 10.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.8% 4.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 12.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.1%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 2.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 4.8%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% 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