Author summary
60% 5 analyzed articles/videos 4,683 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph MacKinnon results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 2,587 hits . Analysis detected 18,989 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,662 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 44% (3,625 of 6,382 authors). This Joseph MacKinnon is better (less manipulative) than 56.80% of the peer group. Joseph MacKinnon
Author details
Total words: 16,662
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
43% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.2% percentile 2.4% BS Score5 analyzed articles16.7K 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 13.6% 13.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 15.5% 15.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.3% 9.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.5% 9.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.2% 6.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.1% 0.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.1% 1.1% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 5.0% 5.0% 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 13.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.5%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 15.5%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.4% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.8% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst