Author summary
11% 12 analyzed articles/videos 8,151 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wisconsin Watch results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 3,105 hits . Analysis detected 23,606 faulty-reasoning hits from 42,475 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 4% (5,989 of 6,194 authors). This Wisconsin Watch is better (less manipulative) than 96.70% of the peer group. Wisconsin Watch
Author details
Total words: 42,475
Article count: 12
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.3% percentile 1.2% BS Score12 analyzed articles42.5K 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% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.3% 7.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.1% 4.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 7.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst