Author summary
0% 4 analyzed articles/videos 2,449 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margaret Sullivan results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Hasty Generalization , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 22.8% saturation with 2,653 hits . Analysis detected 18,330 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,643 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,411 of 6,172 authors). This Margaret Sullivan is worse (more manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group. Margaret Sullivan
Author details
Total words: 11,643
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
61% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 60.9% percentile 3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles11.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.9% 7.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 22.8% 22.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.9% 7.9% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 8.1% 8.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.3% 15.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.2% 1.2% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 7.9%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 22.8%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 15.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 8.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 7.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.6%, sitewide 8.1% Ad Hominem: Author 8.1%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Author 4.6%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Slippery Slope: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.8% Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst