Author summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos
BS Summary: These Bill Ponton results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 32% saturation with 1,744 hits. Analysis detected 12,087 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,451 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 6,348 authors). This Bill Ponton is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
Bill Ponton
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
⁠0%Bill Ponton (selected)0%
Author details
Total words: 5,451
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 32.0%32.0%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 24.3%24.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 6.5%6.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 27.2%27.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.2%1.2%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Author 10.8%10.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 9.3%9.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.1%14.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.0%7.0%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 32.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 27.2%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Author 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 24.3%, sitewide 1.4%Negativity Bias: Author 14.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 10.8%, sitewide 3.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.2%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Author 8.6%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos