Author summary
7%3 analyzed articles/videos1,072 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elyse Betters Picaro results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 1,406 hits. Analysis detected 5,611 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,928 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 11% (5,544 of 6,199 authors). This Elyse Betters Picaro is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
Elyse Betters Picaro
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
11%Elyse Betters Picaro (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 12,928
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

11% percentile
025507510010.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles12.9K 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 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.9%10.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.2%1.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.5%0.5%

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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 10.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate