Author summary
22% 4 analyzed articles/videos 3,394 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catherine Sweeney results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Appeal to Authority , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 1,013 hits . Analysis detected 5,152 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,576 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 7% (8,644 of 9,266 authors). This Catherine Sweeney is better (less manipulative) than 93.30% of the peer group. Catherine Sweeney
Author details
Total words: 13,576
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.7% percentile 1.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles13.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.5% 7.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst