Author summary
16% 1 analyzed article/video 1,194 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WYPR results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Appeal to Authority , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 390 hits . Analysis detected 1,924 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,776 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 43% (5,144 of 8,974 authors). This WYPR is better (less manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group. WYPR
Author details
Total words: 4,776
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
43% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.7% percentile 2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K 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 0.6% 0.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.5% 2.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Author 8.2%, sitewide 5.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.5% Circular Reasoning: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.1% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.3% Composition/Division: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst