Author summary
0% 32 analyzed articles/videos 38,831 analyzed words
BS Summary: These NPR Staff results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Overconfidence Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 11,774 hits . Analysis detected 97,361 faulty-reasoning hits from 146,847 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 6% (5,798 of 6,135 authors). This NPR Staff is better (less manipulative) than 94.50% of the peer group. NPR Staff
Author details
Total words: 146,847
Article count: 32
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.5% percentile 1.3% BS Score32 analyzed articles146.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.4% 6.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst