Author summary
97% 4 analyzed articles/videos 1,008 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Ponton results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Politically Right Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.4% saturation with 1,930 hits . Analysis detected 14,557 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,601 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 82% (1,666 of 8,942 authors). This Bill Ponton is worse (more manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group. Bill Ponton
Author details
Total words: 7,601
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.4% percentile 4.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 21.7% 21.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 25.4% 25.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 24.7% 24.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.6% 6.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 11.5% 11.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 9.3% 9.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.2% 2.2% 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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 25.4%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 24.7%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 21.7%, sitewide 1.4% Negativity Bias: Author 11.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.8%, sitewide 11.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 3.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 6.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.0%, sitewide 7.5% Overconfidence Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 4.6% In-Group Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 6.9% Ad Hominem: Author 6.7%, sitewide 2.2% Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.9% Anecdotal: Author 4.4%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Straw Man: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst