Author summary
50% 2 analyzed articles/videos 333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ian Lenahan - Portsmouth Herald results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 121 hits . Analysis detected 1,032 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,332 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 83% (1,640 of 9,471 authors). This Ian Lenahan - Portsmouth Herald is worse (more manipulative) than 82.70% of the peer group. Ian Lenahan - Portsmouth Herald
Author details
Total words: 1,332
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
83% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 82.7% percentile 4.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.2% 8.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.6% 1.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 4.4% 4.4% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 5.1% 5.1% 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% Framing Effect: Author 8.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 9.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 4.0% Loss Aversion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.7% Slippery Slope: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst