Author summary
44% 1 analyzed article/video 1,285 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan M. Ford results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 525 hits . Analysis detected 3,726 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,140 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 71% (2,548 of 8,532 authors). This Dan M. Ford is worse (more manipulative) than 70.10% of the peer group. Dan M. Ford
Author details
Total words: 5,140
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
70% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 70.1% percentile 3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.1K 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 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.3% 9.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.4% 0.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.2% 10.2% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.2% 7.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.9% 0.9% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% 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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.2%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.2%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.4%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.5% Begging the Question: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.0% Ad Hominem: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.8% Slippery Slope: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.6% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst