Author summary
59%9 analyzed articles/videos6,069 analyzed words
BS Summary: These BestReviews results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 21.7% saturation with 7,792 hits. Analysis detected 32,069 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,912 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 37% (3,967 of 6,229 authors). This BestReviews is better (less manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group.
BestReviews
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
37%BestReviews (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

36% percentile
025507510036.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles35.9K 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 2.3%2.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 21.7%21.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.2%1.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.4%4.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 21.7%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.7%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate