Author summary
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BS Summary: These Pamela Colloff results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Halo Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 2,455 hits . Analysis detected 4,513 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,230 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,316 authors). This Pamela Colloff is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group. Pamela Colloff
Author details
Total words: 10,230
Article count: 1
Publications
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0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.0% percentile 0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles10.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.3% 10.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 24.0% 24.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.2% 0.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 3.0% 3.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 10.3%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 24.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.9%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Straw Man: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.9% Indoctrination: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst