Author summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 5,271 analyzed words
BS Summary: These KQED results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 1,472 hits . Analysis detected 11,807 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,163 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 21% (5,289 of 6,628 authors). This KQED is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group. KQED
Author details
Total words: 17,163
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.2% percentile 1.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles17.2K 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 6.2% 6.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.0% 3.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.5% 0.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst