Author summary
56% 7 analyzed articles/videos 6,336 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kit O'Connell results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 2,068 hits . Analysis detected 20,433 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,294 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 22% (7,406 of 9,453 authors). This Kit O'Connell is better (less manipulative) than 78.30% of the peer group. Kit O'Connell
Author details
Total words: 30,294
Article count: 7
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.7% percentile 1.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles30.3K 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 4.8% 4.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.8% 6.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.9% 3.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.8% 2.8% 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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst