Author summary
⁠94%5 analyzed articles/videos272 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aaron MacLean results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 355 hits. Analysis detected 2,958 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,980 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠89% (1,004 of 8,859 authors). This Aaron MacLean is worse (more manipulative) than 88.70% of the peer group.
Aaron MacLean
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Hannah Martin1%
⁠0%Paul DeMark1%
⁠0%Emma Sedlak1%
⁠0%Michael Fox1%
⁠0%San Antonio Report Staff1%
⁠89%Aaron MacLean (selected)6%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,980
Article count: 5
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

89% percentile
025507510088.7% percentile
5.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.2%8.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 16.2%16.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 11.1%11.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 17.9%17.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.0%7.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 17.7%17.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 5.2%5.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.1%4.1%

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 17.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 17.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 16.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 11.1%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos