Author summary
100%1 analyzed article/video586 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brad Essex results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 67.6% saturation with 1,189 hits. Analysis detected 5,798 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,758 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10% and a BS Rank of 95% (344 of 6,290 authors). This Brad Essex is worse (more manipulative) than 94.50% of the peer group.
Brad Essex
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
95%Brad Essex (selected)10%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,758
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

95% percentile
025507510094.5% percentile
10.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 67.6%67.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 27.6%27.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 19.6%19.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 15.8%15.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 31.9%31.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 13.1%13.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.7%1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 11.3%11.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 23.7%23.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Author 67.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 31.9%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 31.0%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 27.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Author 23.7%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 19.6%, sitewide 1.4%False Dilemma: Author 15.8%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 13.4%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 13.1%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Author 11.6%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 11.3%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Author 8.4%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Author 7.8%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Author 6.9%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Author 4.2%, sitewide 2.2%Straw Man: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos