Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video913 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gerald Herbert results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.9% saturation with 506 hits. Analysis detected 2,104 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,652 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 48% (3,361 of 6,362 authors). This Gerald Herbert is better (less manipulative) than 52.80% of the peer group.
Gerald Herbert
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
48%Gerald Herbert (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,652
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

47% percentile
025507510047.2% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K 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 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.9%13.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.7%12.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 6.1%6.1%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 13.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Personal Incredulity: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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