Author summary
0%3 analyzed articles/videos1,499 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Spector results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.1% saturation with 1,565 hits. Analysis detected 9,418 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,996 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (1,600 of 6,135 authors). This David Spector is worse (more manipulative) than 73.90% of the peer group.
David Spector
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
74%David Spector (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,996
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

74% percentile
025507510073.9% percentile
3.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 18.7%18.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 26.1%26.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 20.1%20.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.5%0.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 7.3%7.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 11.9%11.9%

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 20.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 26.1%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 18.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Author 5.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Author 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate