Author summary
26% 2 analyzed articles/videos 790 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vaughn Hillyard results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 751 hits . Analysis detected 6,036 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,906 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 29% (4,627 of 6,515 authors). This Vaughn Hillyard is better (less manipulative) than 71.00% of the peer group. Vaughn Hillyard
Author details
Total words: 7,906
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
29% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 29.0% percentile 2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.9K 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 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.5% 9.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.2% 5.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.9% 2.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Author 4.2%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.1% Horn Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst