Author summary
95% 4 analyzed articles/videos 376 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Human Events Staff results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Overconfidence Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 628 hits . Analysis detected 4,520 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,711 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 64% (3,289 of 9,116 authors). This Human Events Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 63.90% of the peer group. Human Events Staff
Author details
Total words: 4,711
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 63.9% percentile 2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles4.7K 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 11.2% 11.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.4% 5.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 13.3% 13.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.2% 0.2% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 7.8% 7.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.6% 3.6% 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 11.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.3%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Author 13.3%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 1.4% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst