Author summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video102 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Donal Griffin results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 39.7% saturation with 162 hits. Analysis detected 814 faulty-reasoning hits from 408 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (115 of 6,170 authors). This Donal Griffin is worse (more manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group.
Donal Griffin
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠99%Donal Griffin (selected)17%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 408
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

98% percentile
025507510098.2% percentile
16.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles408 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 26.5%26.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 20.6%20.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 25.3%25.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 39.7%39.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 13.2%13.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Author 14.5%14.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 14.5%14.5%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Author 5.9%5.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 10.3%10.3%

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 39.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 26.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 25.3%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Author 20.8%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 20.6%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 14.5%, sitewide 9.1%Recency Bias: Author 14.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 13.2%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Author 10.3%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Primacy Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 0.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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