Author summary
32% 3 analyzed articles/videos 4,068 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Hertsgaard results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 1,239 hits . Analysis detected 12,141 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,813 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 31% (4,349 of 6,226 authors). This Mark Hertsgaard is better (less manipulative) than 69.80% of the peer group. Mark Hertsgaard
Author details
Total words: 13,813
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
30% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.2% percentile 2.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles13.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.7% 5.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.9% 6.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.2% 1.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 5.3% 5.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.0% 2.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% 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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.5%, sitewide 5.3% Indoctrination: Author 5.3%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst