Author summary
58% 2 analyzed articles/videos 239 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ted McGregor results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Indoctrination , with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 332 hits . Analysis detected 2,461 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,964 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 51% (4,677 of 9,395 authors). This Ted McGregor is worse (more manipulative) than 50.20% of the peer group. Ted McGregor
Author details
Total words: 3,964
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 50.2% percentile 2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles4K 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 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.8% 3.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.1% 2.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.7% 4.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.6% 3.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 8.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst