Author summary
56% 4 analyzed articles/videos 1,414 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rebecca Downs results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.4% saturation with 1,018 hits . Analysis detected 8,932 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,968 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 33% (4,195 of 6,263 authors). This Rebecca Downs is better (less manipulative) than 67.00% of the peer group. Rebecca Downs
Author details
Total words: 8,968
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
33% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 33.0% percentile 2.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 6.9% 6.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 11.3% 11.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 5.8% 5.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.7% 2.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 1.4% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.4%, sitewide 5.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.7% Anecdotal: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Author 4.9%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst