Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos142 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Amy Brittain results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Primacy Effect, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 28.5% saturation with 162 hits. Analysis detected 757 faulty-reasoning hits from 568 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.1% and a BS Rank of 96% (287 of 6,244 authors). This Amy Brittain is worse (more manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.
Amy Brittain
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
96%Amy Brittain (selected)12%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 568
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

95% percentile
025507510095.4% percentile
11.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles568 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 28.5%28.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 10.0%10.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 13.0%13.0%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Author 11.6%11.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 7.8%7.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 7.8%7.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 8.3%8.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 20.6%20.6%

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%Anecdotal: Author 28.5%, sitewide 5.2%Framing Effect: Author 10.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 20.6%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 13.0%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Author 11.6%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.8%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Author 7.8%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 7.8%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%AnecdotalSitewide rateAuthor rate