Author summary
14% 1 analyzed article/video 2,026 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Austin Chronicle News Staff results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 1,072 hits . Analysis detected 3,955 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,078 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 53% (2,955 of 6,222 authors). This The Austin Chronicle News Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 52.50% of the peer group. The Austin Chronicle News Staff
Author details
Total words: 6,078
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
53% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 52.5% percentile 2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.4% 4.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.8% 2.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 8.4% 8.4% Horn Effect Sitewide 1.0% Author 3.4% 3.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 17.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.4%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Horn Effect: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 2.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.5% Primacy Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.0%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst