Author summary
41% 19 analyzed articles/videos 7,077 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Las Vegas Sun Staff results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Appeal to Emotion , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 1,755 hits . Analysis detected 14,137 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,554 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 14% (8,172 of 9,487 authors). This Las Vegas Sun Staff is better (less manipulative) than 86.10% of the peer group. Las Vegas Sun Staff
Author details
Total words: 30,554
Article count: 19
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.9% percentile 1.2% BS Score19 analyzed articles30.6K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.3% 3.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.9% 3.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.7% 2.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 5.7% 5.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 5.7%, sitewide 0.5% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst