Author summary
11% 1 analyzed article/video 565 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WRAL results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Anecdotal , and Availability Heuristic , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.2% saturation with 118 hits . Analysis detected 796 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,260 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 26% (7,047 of 9,471 authors). This WRAL is better (less manipulative) than 74.40% of the peer group. WRAL
Author details
Total words: 2,260
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
26% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 25.6% percentile 1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.7% 1.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.7% 1.7% 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% Framing Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.2% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.6% Burden of Proof: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.1% Primacy Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst