Author summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos689 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Billy Stephens results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 29.4% saturation with 809 hits. Analysis detected 9,195 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,756 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.3% and a BS Rank of 94% (397 of 6,350 authors). This Billy Stephens is worse (more manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.
Billy Stephens
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
94%Billy Stephens (selected)10%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,756
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

94% percentile
025507510093.8% percentile
9.3% BS Score4 analyzed articles2.8K 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 26.4%26.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 28.2%28.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 19.0%19.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 18.4%18.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 16.4%16.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 23.6%23.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 28.8%28.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 12.1%12.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 9.7%9.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 12.8%12.8%

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 29.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 28.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 28.2%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 26.4%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 23.6%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 19.0%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 18.4%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 17.7%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Author 16.4%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 14.4%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 12.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 12.1%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 9.7%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hindsight Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 1.4%Straw Man: Author 8.2%, sitewide 0.9%In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Author 6.6%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Author 4.1%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos