Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video2,046 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Flint Taylor results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 44.7% saturation with 3,662 hits. Analysis detected 18,645 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,184 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of 89% (746 of 6,427 authors). This Flint Taylor is worse (more manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group.
Flint Taylor
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
89%Flint Taylor (selected)7%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 8,184
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

88% percentile
025507510088.4% percentile
6.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles8.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 44.8%44.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 25.4%25.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 18.9%18.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.6%4.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.0%6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 13.7%13.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.2%1.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Author 5.6%5.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 44.8%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 29.3%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 25.4%, sitewide 2.0%Negativity Bias: Author 21.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 19.6%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 18.9%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Author 13.7%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Author 6.0%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Author 5.6%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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