Author summary
0%5 analyzed articles/videos7,932 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Abby Sewell results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 1,878 hits. Analysis detected 13,101 faulty-reasoning hits from 19,584 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (5,292 of 6,162 authors). This Abby Sewell is better (less manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group.
Abby Sewell
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
15%Abby Sewell (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 19,584
Article count: 5
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

14% percentile
025507510014.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles19.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.6%9.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.1%3.1%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate