Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,683 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ted Widmer results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 45.2% saturation with 3,044 hits. Analysis detected 11,240 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,732 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (1,407 of 6,628 authors). This Ted Widmer is worse (more manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
Ted Widmer
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠79%Ted Widmer (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 6,732
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

79% percentile
025507510078.8% percentile
4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 39.0%39.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 45.2%45.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.9%4.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.3%4.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 8.2%8.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 45.2%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 39.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 2.0%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 7.9%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Author 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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