Author summary
68% 1 analyzed article/video 722 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Roush results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Optimism Bias , and Halo Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 669 hits . Analysis detected 2,355 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,888 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 72% (2,692 of 9,471 authors). This Matt Roush is worse (more manipulative) than 71.60% of the peer group. Matt Roush
Author details
Total words: 2,888
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
72% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 71.6% percentile 3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.2% 2.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 23.2% 23.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.2% 1.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.8% 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 3.6% 3.6% 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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 23.2%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 9.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 6.0% Halo Effect: Author 7.1%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.5% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.3% False Dilemma: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.5% Composition/Division: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst