Author summary
91% 1 analyzed article/video 767 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David B. McGarry results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Confirmation Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 34.9% saturation with 1,072 hits . Analysis detected 5,027 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,068 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 86% (1,336 of 9,471 authors). This David B. McGarry is worse (more manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group. David B. McGarry
Author details
Total words: 3,068
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
86% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 85.9% percentile 4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 34.9% 34.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.9% 7.9% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Author 14.5% 14.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.6% 12.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 12.7% 12.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.3% 0.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 5.9% 5.9% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Author 5.7% 5.7% 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% Biased Writer Voice: Author 34.9%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 7.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 13.4%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 14.5%, sitewide 1.4% Confirmation Bias: Author 12.7%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 8.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.5%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 5.9%, sitewide 1.1% Begging the Question: Author 5.7%, sitewide 1.7% Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Genetic Fallacy: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.7% Ad Hominem: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst