Author summary
29% 4 analyzed articles/videos 1,833 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MinnPost staff results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 878 hits . Analysis detected 5,063 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,979 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 28% (4,635 of 6,365 authors). This MinnPost staff is better (less manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group. MinnPost staff
Author details
Total words: 6,979
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.2% percentile 1.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles7K 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 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.9% 4.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.6% 12.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 5.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 8.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Red Herring: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.7% Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst