Author summary
16% 2 analyzed articles/videos 3,328 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Bruenig results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and False Dilemma , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 912 hits . Analysis detected 6,734 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,538 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 7% (6,196 of 6,629 authors). This Matt Bruenig is better (less manipulative) than 93.50% of the peer group. Matt Bruenig
Author details
Total words: 11,538
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.5% percentile 1.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles11.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.7% Straw Man: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst