Author summary
96% 2 analyzed articles/videos 515 analyzed words
BS Summary: These TechCrunch Events results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Authority , and Halo Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 1,018 hits . Analysis detected 3,516 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,649 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 87% (875 of 6,602 authors). This TechCrunch Events is worse (more manipulative) than 86.80% of the peer group. TechCrunch Events
Author details
Total words: 2,649
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
87% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 86.8% percentile 5.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 38.4% 38.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 12.5% 12.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 18.4% 18.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 14.4% 14.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 14.8% 14.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 38.4%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect: Author 12.5%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 18.4%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 14.8%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Author 14.4%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% False Dilemma: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst