Author summary
30% 1 analyzed article/video 1,843 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The New Bedford Light results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Availability Heuristic , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 305 hits . Analysis detected 2,226 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,529 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 11% (5,701 of 6,348 authors). This The New Bedford Light is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group. The New Bedford Light
Author details
Total words: 5,529
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.2% percentile 1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.5K 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 3.2% 3.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst