Author summary
⁠89%4 analyzed articles/videos205 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aaron MacLean results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 330 hits. Analysis detected 2,558 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,573 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (816 of 6,359 authors). This Aaron MacLean is worse (more manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group.
Aaron MacLean
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠88%Aaron MacLean (selected)7%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,573
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

87% percentile
025507510087.2% percentile
6.0% BS Score4 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 13.9%13.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.1%9.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 15.4%15.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 21.0%21.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 18.7%18.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.5%1.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 6.7%6.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 4.6%4.6%

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 18.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 21.0%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 15.4%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 13.9%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 8.5%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Author 6.7%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.7%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 4.6%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos