Author summary
78%4 analyzed articles/videos1,467 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Al Perrotta results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 21.3% saturation with 3,001 hits. Analysis detected 15,788 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,122 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 44% (3,568 of 6,299 authors). This Al Perrotta is better (less manipulative) than 56.60% of the peer group.
Al Perrotta
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
44%Al Perrotta (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 14,122
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

43% percentile
025507510043.4% percentile
2.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles14.1K 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 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 5.9%5.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 21.3%21.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.3%3.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 7.3%7.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.1%0.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.2%1.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.2%0.2%

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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 21.3%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 7.3%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 3.1%Halo Effect: Author 5.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Straw Man: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Ad Hominem: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate