Author summary
19% 8 analyzed articles/videos 3,400 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hartford Courant results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Anecdotal , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13.9% saturation with 1,884 hits . Analysis detected 6,464 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,600 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 35% (5,567 of 8,547 authors). This Hartford Courant is better (less manipulative) than 65.10% of the peer group. Hartford Courant
Author details
Total words: 13,600
Article count: 8
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
35% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 34.9% percentile 1.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles13.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.0% 7.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 13.8% 13.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 13.4% 13.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.8%, sitewide 5.3% Halo Effect: Author 13.4%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.1% Primacy Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.5% Indoctrination: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst