Author summary
0%3 analyzed articles/videos1,203 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Caroline Ballard results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 520 hits. Analysis detected 5,383 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,746 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 52% (3,015 of 6,235 authors). This Caroline Ballard is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group.
Caroline Ballard
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
52%Caroline Ballard (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,746
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

52% percentile
025507510051.7% percentile
2.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.7K 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 9.1%9.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.9%7.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.1%5.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.2%6.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.8%4.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 3.1%3.1%

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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 6.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate