Author summary
8% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,597 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael M. DeWitt results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation) , Confirmation Bias , and Recency Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 2.5% saturation with 202 hits . Analysis detected 1,916 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,988 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (8,602 of 9,037 authors). This Michael M. DeWitt is better (less manipulative) than 95.20% of the peer group. Michael M. DeWitt
Author details
Total words: 7,988
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.8% percentile 1.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles8K 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 1.1% 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.9% 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.7% 0.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.1% 0.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.3%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8% Slippery Slope: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Genetic Fallacy: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.4% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.1% Red Herring: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst