Author summary
8% 1 analyzed article/video 1,597 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael M. DeWitt results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation) , Confirmation Bias , and Recency Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 3.2% saturation with 202 hits . Analysis detected 1,859 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,388 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 10% (7,852 of 8,721 authors). This Michael M. DeWitt is better (less manipulative) than 90.00% of the peer group. Michael M. DeWitt
Author details
Total words: 6,388
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.0% percentile 1.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.4K 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 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.2% 3.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.3% 2.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.2% 0.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.9% 1.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.3% 1.3% 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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.0% Genetic Fallacy: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst