Author summary
100% 17 analyzed articles/videos 2,994 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daily Kos Staff results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 50.6% saturation with 6,057 hits . Analysis detected 32,054 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,976 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 90% (1,035 of 9,471 authors). This Daily Kos Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 89.10% of the peer group. Daily Kos Staff
Author details
Total words: 11,976
Article count: 17
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
89% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 89.1% percentile 5.4% BS Score17 analyzed articles12K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 50.6% 50.6% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 33.4% 33.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 37.6% 37.6% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 16.3% 16.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 11.7% 11.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 19.6% 19.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 14.7% 14.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Biased Writer Voice: Author 50.6%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 37.6%, sitewide 19.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 33.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect: Author 19.6%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 19.1%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Author 16.3%, sitewide 2.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 14.7%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 11.7%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Author 5.5%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Begging the Question: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.7% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst