Author summary
⁠100%1 analyzed article/video340 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Batya Ungar-Sargon results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 58% saturation with 592 hits. Analysis detected 4,980 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,020 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (211 of 6,215 authors). This Batya Ungar-Sargon is worse (more manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠97%Batya Ungar-Sargon (selected)14%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,020
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

97% percentile
025507510096.6% percentile
13.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 57.8%57.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 58.0%58.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 46.8%46.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 51.0%51.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 26.6%26.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 8.6%8.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Author 20.1%20.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 17.4%17.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 14.4%14.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 14.4%14.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Hasty Generalization: Author 58.0%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 57.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 51.0%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 46.8%, sitewide 7.5%Framing Effect: Author 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Author 26.6%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 20.1%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 17.4%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.6%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 14.5%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 14.4%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Author 14.4%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 14.0%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Author 13.4%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Author 8.9%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Author 8.5%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 8.3%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Author 8.2%, sitewide 0.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Author 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos