Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video452 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David McAfee results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 33.3% saturation with 602 hits. Analysis detected 3,305 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,808 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of 92% (544 of 6,169 authors). This David McAfee is worse (more manipulative) than 91.20% of the peer group.
David McAfee
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
92%David McAfee (selected)8%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,808
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

91% percentile
025507510091.2% percentile
7.6% 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%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 23.8%23.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 33.3%33.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 17.1%17.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 15.7%15.7%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Author 10.8%10.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 12.3%12.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.5%1.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 7.7%7.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.5%0.5%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 33.3%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 15.7%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Author 23.8%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 17.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 12.6%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Tu Quoque: Author 10.8%, sitewide 0.2%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 7.7%, sitewide 0.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 7.1%, sitewide 3.3%In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 4.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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