Author summary
87% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,067 analyzed words
BS Summary: These TechCrunch Events results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Authority , and Halo Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 28.8% saturation with 1,231 hits . Analysis detected 4,585 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,268 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 78% (1,890 of 8,592 authors). This TechCrunch Events is worse (more manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group. TechCrunch Events
Author details
Total words: 4,268
Article count: 2
Publications
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78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 78.0% percentile 3.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.3K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 28.8% 28.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 14.6% 14.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 10.8% 10.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% 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% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 28.8%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect: Author 7.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.6%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Author 12.0%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Author 10.8%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst