Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video984 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brittany Peterson (The Associated Press) results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Optimism Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 39.2% saturation with 1,156 hits. Analysis detected 4,307 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,952 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of 89% (739 of 6,382 authors). This Brittany Peterson (The Associated Press) is worse (more manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group.
Brittany Peterson (The Associated Press)
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
89%Brittany Peterson (The Associated Press) (selected)7%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,952
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

88% percentile
025507510088.4% percentile
6.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 21.2%21.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 39.2%39.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 23.2%23.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.0%7.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.6%4.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 3.0%3.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.5%4.5%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Author 2.5%2.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 5.8%5.8%

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 39.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 23.2%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Author 21.2%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Nature: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Special Pleading: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.3%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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