Author summary
15% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,276 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Reporter results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 607 hits . Analysis detected 2,912 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,859 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (5,472 of 6,279 authors). This US Reporter is better (less manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group. US Reporter
Author details
Total words: 6,859
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.9% percentile 1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.8% 8.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Horn Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst