Author summary
39% 1 analyzed article/video 603 analyzed words
BS Summary: These SCOTT BAUER Associated Press results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 214 hits . Analysis detected 1,160 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,809 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,223 of 6,628 authors). This SCOTT BAUER Associated Press is worse (more manipulative) than 66.50% of the peer group. SCOTT BAUER Associated Press
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Total words: 1,809
Article count: 1
Publications
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67% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.5% percentile 3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.4% 5.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 11.8% 11.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.5% 2.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.7% 1.7% Horn Effect Sitewide 1.0% Author 3.5% 3.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.5% 1.5% Circular Reasoning Sitewide 0.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% 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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.4%, sitewide 15.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 3.7% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.0% Horn Effect: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.2% Circular Reasoning: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.1% False Dilemma: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.5% Begging the Question: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.7% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.6% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.2% Burden of Proof: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst