Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Guardian readers results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Availability Heuristic , and Anecdotal , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 802 hits . Analysis detected 6,365 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,192 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,194 authors). This Guardian readers is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Guardian readers
Author details
Total words: 7,192
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.2% 11.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 10.4% 10.4% 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 0.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.2%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.0%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Author 10.4%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 8.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Author 7.2%, sitewide 5.2% In-Group Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.3% Bandwagon: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Primacy Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst