Author summary
⁠72%2 analyzed articles/videos1,169 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Abigail Van Buren results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, False Dilemma, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 455 hits. Analysis detected 3,129 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,507 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠39% (3,866 of 6,290 authors). This Abigail Van Buren is better (less manipulative) than 61.50% of the peer group.
Abigail Van Buren
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠39%Abigail Van Buren (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,507
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

39% percentile
025507510038.5% percentile
2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.5K 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 2.6%2.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.1%2.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.3%0.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.0%13.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.7%0.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 6.2%6.2%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.3%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Author 6.2%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 5.7%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos