Author summary
83% 10 analyzed articles/videos 6,058 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ward Clark results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Negativity Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19% saturation with 5,438 hits . Analysis detected 37,324 faulty-reasoning hits from 28,674 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 60% (3,499 of 8,569 authors). This Ward Clark is worse (more manipulative) than 59.20% of the peer group. Ward Clark
Author details
Total words: 28,674
Article count: 10
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
59% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 59.2% percentile 2.6% BS Score10 analyzed articles28.7K 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 7.4% 7.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 19.0% 19.0% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 11.7% 11.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.5% 6.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.2% 6.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.5% 4.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% 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 7.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.0%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 19.0%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.5%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 11.7%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.7%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.5%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Ad Hominem: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst