Author summary
82% 5 analyzed articles/videos 5,827 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Investigative Reporter results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 3,789 hits . Analysis detected 30,128 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,636 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 59% (3,932 of 9,471 authors). This Investigative Reporter is worse (more manipulative) than 58.50% of the peer group. Investigative Reporter
Author details
Total words: 24,636
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
59% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 58.5% percentile 2.5% BS Score5 analyzed articles24.6K 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 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.0% 9.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.3% 2.3% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 6.4% 6.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.4% 15.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 10.1%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.2%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Ad Hominem: Author 6.4%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 2.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst