Author summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos2,311 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex Lang results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.4% saturation with 1,702 hits. Analysis detected 11,868 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,244 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 57% (2,823 of 6,465 authors). This Alex Lang is worse (more manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group.
Alex Lang
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
57%Alex Lang (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 9,244
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

56% percentile
025507510056.3% percentile
2.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.2K 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 11.5%11.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.7%7.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 13.1%13.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 6.6%6.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.0%2.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.0%3.0%

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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 18.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate