Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video372 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Angus Mcdowall results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 332 hits. Analysis detected 1,347 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,488 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (1,286 of 6,359 authors). This Angus Mcdowall is worse (more manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group.
Angus Mcdowall
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠80%Angus Mcdowall (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,488
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

80% percentile
025507510079.8% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 10.3%10.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 8.1%8.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.7%5.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.8%1.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 22.3%22.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 0.5%0.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 2.7%2.7%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Author 0.6%0.6%

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%Framing Effect: Author 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 22.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 8.1%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.4%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.5%Composition/Division: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Special Pleading: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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