Author summary
100% 18 analyzed articles/videos 5,300 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph Chalfant results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Negativity Bias , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 5,755 hits . Analysis detected 50,511 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,800 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of 88% (1,113 of 8,862 authors). This Joseph Chalfant is worse (more manipulative) than 87.50% of the peer group. Joseph Chalfant
Author details
Total words: 21,800
Article count: 18
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
88% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 87.5% percentile 5.0% BS Score18 analyzed articles21.8K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 23.1% 23.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 26.4% 26.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 18.9% 18.9% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 6.7% 6.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.2% 6.2% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 7.9% 7.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.7% 5.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 13.2% 13.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.8% 4.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 18.9%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 26.4%, sitewide 5.3% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 23.1%, sitewide 1.4% Negativity Bias: Author 21.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 18.8%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 13.2%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1% Ad Hominem: Author 7.9%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 6.7%, sitewide 0.5% Indoctrination: Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.6%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.1% Begging the Question: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst