Author summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos1,024 analyzed words
BS Summary: These BRIAN MELLEY results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.5% saturation with 1,076 hits. Analysis detected 8,792 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,816 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (1,898 of 6,263 authors). This BRIAN MELLEY is worse (more manipulative) than 69.70% of the peer group.
BRIAN MELLEY
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠70%BRIAN MELLEY (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,816
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

70% percentile
025507510069.7% percentile
3.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.8K 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 17.4%17.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 10.0%10.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.6%1.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 4.4%4.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.0%12.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.5%3.5%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Author 5.3%5.3%

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 17.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 18.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 10.1%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 10.0%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 5.3%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Author 0.1%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 3.1%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate