Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,269 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margaret DeReus results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 67.8% saturation with 3,440 hits . Analysis detected 16,172 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,076 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of 92% (569 of 6,628 authors). This Margaret DeReus is worse (more manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group. Margaret DeReus
Author details
Total words: 5,076
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
91% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 91.4% percentile 7.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 20% 40% 60% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 67.8% 67.8% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 32.5% 32.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 25.6% 25.6% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.8% 9.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 19.5% 19.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 20.6% 20.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 15.4% 15.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 11.4% 11.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 6.2% 6.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Biased Writer Voice: Author 67.8%, sitewide 5.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 32.5%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect: Author 9.8%, sitewide 26.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 25.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 20.6%, sitewide 7.5% Overconfidence Bias: Author 19.5%, sitewide 4.6% Negativity Bias: Author 15.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.0%, sitewide 15.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 15.4%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Author 11.4%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.8%, sitewide 9.1% In-Group Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.8% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% False Dilemma: Author 5.8%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.7% Anecdotal: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Hindsight Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.4% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Slippery Slope: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst