Author summary
⁠92%1 analyzed article/video608 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Goodman results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 369 hits. Analysis detected 1,833 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,824 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (1,510 of 6,416 authors). This David Goodman is worse (more manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group.
David Goodman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠77%David Goodman (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,824
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

77% percentile
025507510076.5% percentile
4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.5%1.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.0%7.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.9%4.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 2.7%2.7%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 14.0%14.0%

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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 20.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Author 6.7%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Author 6.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Author 4.1%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Middle Ground: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.1%Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.5%Straw Man: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate