Author summary
90% 1 analyzed article/video 463 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Barton results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Framing Effect , and Indoctrination , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 489 hits . Analysis detected 3,526 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,852 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 89% (1,026 of 8,806 authors). This Robert Barton is worse (more manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group. Robert Barton
Author details
Total words: 1,852
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
88% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 88.4% percentile 5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 26.4% 26.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 12.6% 12.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.4% 6.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 12.4% 12.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.6% 5.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 17.8% 17.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 9.9% 9.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Author 7.2% 7.2% 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 12.6%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 26.4%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Author 17.8%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.6%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 12.4%, sitewide 0.0% Anecdotal: Author 11.3%, sitewide 5.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1% False Dilemma: Author 9.9%, sitewide 1.5% Optimism Bias: Author 9.8%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.1%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 2.0% Straw Man: Author 7.2%, sitewide 0.9% Halo Effect: Author 4.8%, sitewide 6.7% Slippery Slope: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.5%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.6% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Circular Reasoning: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst