Author summary
0% 6 analyzed articles/videos 4,478 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MS NOW staff results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Pessimism Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 2,040 hits . Analysis detected 13,867 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,992 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (5,245 of 6,137 authors). This MS NOW staff is better (less manipulative) than 85.50% of the peer group. MS NOW staff
Author details
Total words: 20,992
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.5% percentile 1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles21K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.0% 6.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.3% 1.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.1% 0.1% 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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Author 9.7%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst