Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,232 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Don Brown results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 36.2% saturation with 1,782 hits. Analysis detected 9,028 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,928 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of 82% (1,225 of 6,508 authors). This Don Brown is worse (more manipulative) than 81.20% of the peer group.
Don Brown
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
82%Don Brown (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,928
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

81% percentile
025507510081.2% percentile
4.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.9K 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 36.2%36.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 9.3%9.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 21.8%21.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 13.3%13.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 7.1%7.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.8%4.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 5.4%5.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.0%12.0%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 36.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 9.3%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 21.8%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Author 16.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.0%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 13.3%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Slippery Slope: Author 7.1%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Author 5.4%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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