Author summary
95% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,638 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Iain Macwhirter results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.8% saturation with 1,946 hits . Analysis detected 14,566 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,175 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 73% (1,728 of 6,215 authors). This Iain Macwhirter is worse (more manipulative) than 72.20% of the peer group. Iain Macwhirter
Author details
Total words: 8,175
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
72% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 72.2% percentile 3.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 23.8% 23.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.5% 9.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 19.4% 19.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.8% 6.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.7% 1.7% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 6.2% 6.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 11.8% 11.8% 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 9.5%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 23.8%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 19.4%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Author 17.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.8%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.7%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 4.6% In-Group Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 1.4% Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 1.9% Anecdotal: Author 3.7%, sitewide 5.2% False Dilemma: Author 5.2%, sitewide 1.5% Ad Hominem: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.7%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.1% Horn Effect: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst