Author summary
80% 5 analyzed articles/videos 1,829 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mary Papenfuss results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Politically Left Leaning Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.9% saturation with 1,532 hits . Analysis detected 8,458 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,316 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (3,314 of 9,327 authors). This Mary Papenfuss is worse (more manipulative) than 64.50% of the peer group. Mary Papenfuss
Author details
Total words: 7,316
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
65% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.5% percentile 2.8% BS Score5 analyzed articles7.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.6% 10.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 20.9% 20.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.3% 3.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 9.0% 9.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 13.9% 13.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 10.6%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 20.9%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 13.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 9.0%, sitewide 2.0% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.4% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst