Author summary
31% 32 analyzed articles/videos 15,032 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WTOP Staff results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 6,888 hits . Analysis detected 58,564 faulty-reasoning hits from 80,500 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 11% (5,499 of 6,170 authors). This WTOP Staff is better (less manipulative) than 89.10% of the peer group. WTOP Staff
Author details
Total words: 80,500
Article count: 32
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.9% percentile 1.5% BS Score32 analyzed articles80.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.5% 8.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.1% 3.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.4% 1.4% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst