Author summary
99% 83 analyzed articles/videos 37,847 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steve Benen results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 27.3% saturation with 40,402 hits . Analysis detected 276,424 faulty-reasoning hits from 148,139 analyzed words across 83 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 75% (2,175 of 8,654 authors). This Steve Benen is worse (more manipulative) than 74.90% of the peer group. Steve Benen
Author details
Total words: 148,139
Article count: 83
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
75% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 74.9% percentile 3.5% BS Score83 analyzed articles148.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 21.6% 21.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 27.3% 27.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 8.1% 8.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 20.9% 20.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 10.4% 10.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.7% 5.7% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Author 7.2% 7.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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% Negativity Bias: Author 27.3%, sitewide 19.2% Framing Effect: Author 20.9%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 21.6%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.7%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 10.0%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.2%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 2.0% Ad Hominem: Author 7.2%, sitewide 2.2% In-Group Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.3%, sitewide 2.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Horn Effect: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.0% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.1% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.3% Begging the Question: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst