Author summary
43%1 analyzed article/video892 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Benjamin S. Weiss results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16% saturation with 570 hits. Analysis detected 3,073 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,568 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 59% (2,560 of 6,244 authors). This Benjamin S. Weiss is worse (more manipulative) than 59.00% of the peer group.
Benjamin S. Weiss
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
59%Benjamin S. Weiss (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,568
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

59% percentile
025507510059.0% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.6K 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 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.0%2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.1%11.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.9%3.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 16.0%16.0%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 16.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos