Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video948 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Erika Watts results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Indoctrination, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 236 hits. Analysis detected 1,691 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,792 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 43% (3,669 of 6,359 authors). This Erika Watts is better (less manipulative) than 57.70% of the peer group.
Erika Watts
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
43%Erika Watts (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,792
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

42% percentile
025507510042.3% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.8K 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 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.0%6.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.5%4.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.7%2.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Author 1.1%1.1%

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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 6.2%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Indoctrination: Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Straw Man: Author 0.3%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Circular Reasoning: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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