Author summary
49% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,851 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pennsylvania Capital-Star results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 662 hits . Analysis detected 3,956 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,404 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 23% (6,614 of 8,575 authors). This Pennsylvania Capital-Star is better (less manipulative) than 77.10% of the peer group. Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Author details
Total words: 7,404
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.9% percentile 1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.1% 8.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.9% 8.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% 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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst