Author summary
⁠33%1 analyzed article/video545 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Christopher McFadden results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Self-Serving Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 222 hits. Analysis detected 1,220 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,635 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (874 of 6,512 authors). This Christopher McFadden is worse (more manipulative) than 86.60% of the peer group.
Christopher McFadden
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠87%Christopher McFadden (selected)6%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,635
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

87% percentile
025507510086.6% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 8.1%8.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 0.9%0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 11.3%11.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 13.6%13.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 9.8%9.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.5%1.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 4.3%4.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 1.6%1.6%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Author 3.3%3.3%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Author 13.6%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 11.3%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Author 9.8%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Author 7.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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