Author summary
⁠77%1 analyzed article/video450 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Doug Reardon results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Overconfidence Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 242 hits. Analysis detected 1,300 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,350 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (1,358 of 6,244 authors). This Doug Reardon is worse (more manipulative) than 78.30% of the peer group.
Doug Reardon
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠79%Doug Reardon (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,350
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

78% percentile
025507510078.3% percentile
4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 17.9%17.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.0%1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 8.4%8.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 7.4%7.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.0%7.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.2%12.2%

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%Optimism Bias: Author 17.9%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 8.7%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 8.4%, sitewide 0.5%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Author 7.4%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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