Author summary
91% 3 analyzed articles/videos 376 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Human Events Staff results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Overconfidence Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 18.2% saturation with 628 hits . Analysis detected 2,890 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,448 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 75% (2,099 of 8,361 authors). This Human Events Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 74.90% of the peer group. Human Events Staff
Author details
Total words: 3,448
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
75% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 74.9% percentile 3.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.4K 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 12.4% 12.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.0% 5.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 18.2% 18.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 9.3% 9.3% 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 12.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 19.2% Optimism Bias: Author 18.2%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 4.6% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 1.4% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.5% Indoctrination: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst