Author summary
⁠17%2 analyzed articles/videos70 analyzed words
BS Summary: These George Skelton results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 316 hits. Analysis detected 1,493 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,104 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (2,218 of 6,628 authors). This George Skelton is worse (more manipulative) than 66.50% of the peer group.
George Skelton
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠67%George Skelton (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,104
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

67% percentile
025507510066.5% percentile
3.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.1K 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 7.8%7.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 15.0%15.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.9%4.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.9%0.9%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 15.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Ad Hominem: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Primacy Effect: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Horn Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.0%Appeal to Nature: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos