Author summary
20% 1 analyzed article/video 926 analyzed words
BS Summary: These JOCELYN NOVECK — AP National Writer results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Recency Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 256 hits . Analysis detected 1,170 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,704 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 25% (7,147 of 9,471 authors). This JOCELYN NOVECK — AP National Writer is better (less manipulative) than 75.50% of the peer group. JOCELYN NOVECK — AP National Writer
Author details
Total words: 3,704
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
25% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 24.5% percentile 1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.9% 6.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.5%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.5% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.3% Burden of Proof: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.4% Indoctrination: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.0% Tu Quoque: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst