Author summary
100% 1 analyzed article/video 803 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Patrick Butler results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 32.1% saturation with 774 hits . Analysis detected 5,354 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,409 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of 92% (552 of 6,498 authors). This Patrick Butler is worse (more manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group. Patrick Butler
Author details
Total words: 2,409
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
92% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 91.5% percentile 7.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 29.1% 29.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 31.4% 31.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 14.9% 14.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 32.1% 32.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 16.4% 16.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 5.6% 5.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.2% 4.2% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 6.3% 6.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 5.8% 5.8% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 6.5% 6.5% 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% Negativity Bias: Author 32.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 31.4%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 29.1%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 16.4%, sitewide 26.9% Unattributed Quote: Author 14.9%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 12.6%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.1%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 6.5%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 1.9% Optimism Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 2.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 5.6%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.6%, sitewide 2.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.4% False Dilemma: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst