Author summary
50%9 analyzed articles/videos6,538 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Breccan F. Thies results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 3,503 hits. Analysis detected 34,468 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,647 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 50% (3,117 of 6,172 authors). This Breccan F. Thies is better (less manipulative) than 50.50% of the peer group.
Breccan F. Thies
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
50%Breccan F. Thies (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 27,647
Article count: 9
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

50% percentile
025507510049.5% percentile
2.6% BS Score9 analyzed articles27.6K 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 12.7%12.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.8%7.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 12.2%12.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.4%6.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.1%3.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 10.5%10.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.3%2.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 3.6%3.6%

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 12.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 12.2%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.5%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate