Author summary
69% 3 analyzed articles/videos 951 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Garrett Downs results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 596 hits . Analysis detected 4,213 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,594 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 60% (3,462 of 8,556 authors). This Garrett Downs is worse (more manipulative) than 59.50% of the peer group. Garrett Downs
Author details
Total words: 4,594
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
60% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 59.5% percentile 2.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 13.0% 13.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.9% 10.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.5% 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 3.5% 3.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% 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 13.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.1%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst