Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,187 analyzed words
BS Summary: These August Harriman results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16% saturation with 758 hits. Analysis detected 5,861 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,748 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (2,428 of 6,235 authors). This August Harriman is worse (more manipulative) than 61.10% of the peer group.
August Harriman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠62%August Harriman (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,748
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

61% percentile
025507510061.1% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.7K 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%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 15.2%15.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.1%6.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 16.0%16.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.3%0.3%

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 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 16.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 15.2%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Indoctrination: Author 6.3%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Author 4.2%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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