Author summary
84%1 analyzed article/video1,201 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alan Halaly results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 27.2% saturation with 980 hits. Analysis detected 4,417 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,603 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 70% (1,919 of 6,364 authors). This Alan Halaly is worse (more manipulative) than 69.90% of the peer group.
Alan Halaly
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
70%Alan Halaly (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,603
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

70% percentile
025507510069.9% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.6K 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 6.4%6.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 27.2%27.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.1%5.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.8%14.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.6%9.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 5.9%5.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.8%4.8%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Author 27.2%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Author 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 6.9%Slippery Slope: Author 5.9%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateAuthor rate

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