Author summary
25% 6 analyzed articles/videos 12,578 analyzed words
BS Summary: These ProPublica results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 5,327 hits . Analysis detected 38,390 faulty-reasoning hits from 54,394 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 8% (5,765 of 6,244 authors). This ProPublica is better (less manipulative) than 92.30% of the peer group. ProPublica
Author details
Total words: 54,394
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.7% percentile 1.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles54.4K 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 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.3% 3.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst