Author summary
62%1 analyzed article/video425 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex Wickham results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and False Dilemma, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.9% saturation with 190 hits. Analysis detected 786 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,275 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (1,765 of 6,561 authors). This Alex Wickham is worse (more manipulative) than 73.10% of the peer group.
Alex Wickham
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
74%Alex Wickham (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,275
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

73% percentile
025507510073.1% percentile
3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.7%6.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 14.9%14.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 6.0%6.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.8%2.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 5.6%5.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 5.0%5.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.8%0.8%

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%Framing Effect: Author 14.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 6.0%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Author 5.6%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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