Author summary
10%10 analyzed articles/videos5,820 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Amy Sherman results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.2% saturation with 2,571 hits. Analysis detected 24,729 faulty-reasoning hits from 49,450 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 2% (6,518 of 6,628 authors). This Amy Sherman is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group.
Amy Sherman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
2%Amy Sherman (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 49,450
Article count: 10
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

2% percentile
02550751001.7% percentile
1.0% BS Score10 analyzed articles49.5K 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 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 5.2%5.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.7%3.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.2%3.2%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls37%
Politifact6%By Amy Sherman10% Louis Jacobson16%7/17/2026, 2:56:37 PM
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls39%
PolitiFact6%By Louis Jacobson16% Amy Sherman10%7/16/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Fact-checking Trump's address: What he said about China and 2020 election, what documents show32%
PolitiFact6%By Louis Jacobson16% Amy Sherman10%7/15/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Trump’s speech may focus on 2020 election. Here’s a primer on foreign interference, voting security16%
PolitiFact6%By Alex Min8% Amy Sherman10%7/14/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Trump allies blame birthright citizenship for ‘birth tourism.’ How often does it happen?10%
PolitiFact6%By Alex Min8% Amy Sherman10%6/30/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Ohio’s GOP governor said it’s ‘absurd’ to call Haiti safe, experts agree40%
PolitiFact6%By Amy Sherman10%6/28/2026, 5:00:00 PM
From booze-filled parties to mail ballots: how did American voting actually evolve?13%
PolitiFact6%By Amy Sherman10%6/28/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown9%
PolitiFact6%By Samantha Putterman0% Amy Sherman10%6/26/2026, 5:00:00 PM
PolitiFact5%
@politifact6%By Gracey Abernethy0% Amy Sherman10%7/9/2026, 6:38:15 PM
PolitiFact7%
@politifact6%By Louis Jacobson16% Alex Min8% Amy Sherman10%7/9/2026, 6:02:42 AM