Author summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos3,726 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Melugin results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 1,676 hits. Analysis detected 11,780 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,878 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,432 of 6,162 authors). This Bill Melugin is worse (more manipulative) than 60.50% of the peer group.
Bill Melugin
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
61%Bill Melugin (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 9,878
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

61% percentile
025507510060.5% percentile
3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.9K 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 17.0%17.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.8%14.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.3%3.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.2%0.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.2%0.2%

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 17.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 3.1%Optimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Genetic Fallacy: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate