Author summary
26% 4 analyzed articles/videos 2,184 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stateline results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 1,388 hits . Analysis detected 8,424 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,362 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 23% (4,829 of 6,244 authors). This Stateline is better (less manipulative) than 77.30% of the peer group. Stateline
Author details
Total words: 12,362
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.7% percentile 1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles12.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 11.2% 11.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% 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 11.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst