Author summary
88%1 analyzed article/video2,267 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ed Wiseman results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 17.4% saturation with 1,181 hits. Analysis detected 7,514 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,801 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 58% (2,746 of 6,468 authors). This Ed Wiseman is worse (more manipulative) than 57.60% of the peer group.
Ed Wiseman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
58%Ed Wiseman (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 6,801
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

58% percentile
025507510057.6% percentile
2.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.8K 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 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 17.4%17.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.3%4.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.3%14.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 10.2%10.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.3%4.3%

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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 17.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

How Ferrari lost its sex appeal69%
Unherd71%By Ed Wiseman88%7/19/2026, 11:00:53 PM