Author summary
12% 6 analyzed articles/videos 3,790 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ted Johnson results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 863 hits . Analysis detected 8,622 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,704 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 8% (5,691 of 6,188 authors). This Ted Johnson is better (less manipulative) than 92.00% of the peer group. Ted Johnson
Author details
Total words: 15,704
Article count: 6
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.0% percentile 1.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles15.7K 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 4.0% 4.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.4% 4.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.2% 0.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.1% 1.1% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst