Author summary
88% 1 analyzed article/video 729 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MATTHEW DALY — Associated Press results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24.5% saturation with 535 hits . Analysis detected 2,827 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,187 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 77% (1,560 of 6,628 authors). This MATTHEW DALY — Associated Press is worse (more manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group. MATTHEW DALY — Associated Press
Author details
Total words: 2,187
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
77% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 76.5% percentile 4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.9% 9.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 24.5% 24.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.4% 4.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 5.9% 5.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.8% 2.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.0% 4.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 2.0% 2.0% 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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 24.5%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Author 18.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.4%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 10.6%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% False Dilemma: Author 5.9%, sitewide 1.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.1% Begging the Question: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst