Author summary
95% 3 analyzed articles/videos 3,508 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Simon Tisdall results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Ad Hominem , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 22.1% saturation with 1,767 hits . Analysis detected 9,280 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,012 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 71% (2,809 of 9,471 authors). This Simon Tisdall is worse (more manipulative) than 70.30% of the peer group. Simon Tisdall
Author details
Total words: 8,012
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
70% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 70.3% percentile 3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles8K 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 6.2% 6.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 22.1% 22.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 12.1% 12.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.8% 7.8% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 9.2% 9.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.9% 0.9% 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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 22.1%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.8%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 12.1%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Ad Hominem: Author 9.2%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% False Dilemma: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst