Author summary
19%3 analyzed articles/videos4,214 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Deborah Brennan results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Loss Aversion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 1,795 hits. Analysis detected 7,004 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,757 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 8% (5,722 of 6,162 authors). This Deborah Brennan is better (less manipulative) than 92.90% of the peer group.
Deborah Brennan
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
8%Deborah Brennan (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 18,757
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

7% percentile
02550751007.1% percentile
1.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles18.8K 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 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.6%9.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.1%3.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%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%Framing Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate