Author summary
5% 16 analyzed articles/videos 1,542 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sun-Times Wire results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 1,074 hits . Analysis detected 3,632 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,724 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 18% (5,197 of 6,341 authors). This Sun-Times Wire is better (less manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group. Sun-Times Wire
Author details
Total words: 8,724
Article count: 16
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.0% percentile 1.7% BS Score16 analyzed articles8.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.3% 12.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 6.3% 6.3% 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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 6.3%, sitewide 1.1% Optimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.4% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.5% Burden of Proof: Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.4% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst