Author summary
50% 1 analyzed article/video 2,188 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cynthia Tu results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Pessimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 743 hits . Analysis detected 4,427 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,752 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 50% (4,748 of 9,471 authors). This Cynthia Tu is better (less manipulative) than 50.10% of the peer group. Cynthia Tu
Author details
Total words: 8,752
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
50% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 49.9% percentile 2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles8.8K 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 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.5% 8.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.6% 6.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.7% 1.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.9% 1.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.9% 1.9% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.6%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.0% Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.1% Circular Reasoning: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.0% Composition/Division: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst