Author summary
14% 1 analyzed article/video 332 analyzed words
BS Summary: These DOUG FEINBERG — AP Basketball Writer results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Anecdotal , and Unattributed Quote , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 61 hits . Analysis detected 452 faulty-reasoning hits from 996 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 64% (2,297 of 6,369 authors). This DOUG FEINBERG — AP Basketball Writer is worse (more manipulative) than 63.90% of the peer group. DOUG FEINBERG — AP Basketball Writer
Author details
Total words: 996
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 63.9% percentile 3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles996 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.1% 6.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Nature Sitewide 0.2% Author 2.4% 2.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 6.1% 6.1% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Author 2.4% 2.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 2.4% 2.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 2.1% 2.1% 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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.1%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.1%, sitewide 8.1% Anecdotal: Author 5.9%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% Recency Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Nature: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.2% False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Red Herring: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst