Author summary
54% 8 analyzed articles/videos 2,661 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Las Vegas Sun Staff results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 717 hits . Analysis detected 5,960 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,629 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 32% (4,532 of 6,628 authors). This Las Vegas Sun Staff is better (less manipulative) than 68.40% of the peer group. Las Vegas Sun Staff
Author details
Total words: 8,629
Article count: 8
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
32% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.6% percentile 2.0% BS Score8 analyzed articles8.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.3% 8.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.8% 5.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.1% 1.1% 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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst