Author summary
23% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,500 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Senior News Reporter results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 957 hits . Analysis detected 3,911 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,143 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 25% (5,030 of 6,628 authors). This US Senior News Reporter is better (less manipulative) than 75.90% of the peer group. US Senior News Reporter
Author details
Total words: 7,143
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.1% percentile 1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.7% 8.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% 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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 13.4%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Ad Hominem: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.4% Begging the Question: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst