Author summary
89% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,745 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Grist results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Anecdotal , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 631 hits . Analysis detected 5,776 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,235 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 58% (2,669 of 6,259 authors). This Grist is worse (more manipulative) than 57.40% of the peer group. Grist
Author details
Total words: 5,235
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
57% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 57.4% percentile 2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.2K 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 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.1% 12.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.1% 6.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.7% 0.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 4.8% 4.8% 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 10.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.1%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.9%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Author 7.8%, sitewide 5.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.2%, sitewide 5.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.7%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst