Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,001 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Welch results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 24.3% saturation with 974 hits . Analysis detected 5,563 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,004 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 81% (1,239 of 6,359 authors). This Matt Welch is worse (more manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group. Matt Welch
Author details
Total words: 4,004
Article count: 1
Publications
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81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.5% percentile 4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.1% 7.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 24.3% 24.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.7% 4.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 20.4% 20.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.3% 9.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.6% 5.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.6% 3.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.8% 2.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 3.9% 3.9% 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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 24.3%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 20.4%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.6%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 9.5%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Author 8.4%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 6.0%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anecdotal: Author 4.1%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.0% Slippery Slope: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst