Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,689 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kirk Swearingen results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Ad Hominem , and Appeal to Emotion , with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 31% saturation with 2,097 hits . Analysis detected 15,864 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,756 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of 86% (959 of 6,629 authors). This Kirk Swearingen is worse (more manipulative) than 85.50% of the peer group. Kirk Swearingen
Author details
Total words: 6,756
Article count: 1
Publications
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86% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 85.5% percentile 5.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 31.0% 31.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 29.4% 29.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.2% 4.2% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 22.9% 22.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 12.2% 12.2% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Author 9.3% 9.3% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Author 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.7% 14.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 11.9% 11.9% 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% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 31.0%, sitewide 2.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 29.4%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Ad Hominem: Author 22.9%, sitewide 2.2% Negativity Bias: Author 14.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 18.1%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 12.2%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 11.9%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.1%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 11.0%, sitewide 8.1% Begging the Question: Author 9.3%, sitewide 1.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.3%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 4.6% In-Group Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 6.9% Straw Man: Author 5.6%, sitewide 0.9% False Dilemma: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.5% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.4% Genetic Fallacy: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.4% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Horn Effect: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst