Author summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos83 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gerry Shih results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 42.3% saturation with 499 hits. Analysis detected 2,909 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,180 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.3% and a BS Rank of 95% (338 of 6,497 authors). This Gerry Shih is worse (more manipulative) than 94.80% of the peer group.
Gerry Shih
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
95%Gerry Shih (selected)11%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,180
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

95% percentile
025507510094.8% percentile
10.3% BS Score4 analyzed articles1.2K 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 42.3%42.3%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Author 16.7%16.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 20.1%20.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 13.5%13.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 21.4%21.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.6%6.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 9.8%9.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 34.7%34.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 15.2%15.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 7.6%7.6%

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 42.3%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 34.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 24.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 21.4%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 20.1%, sitewide 7.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 16.7%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 15.2%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 13.5%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 9.8%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.6%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Author 5.4%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Author 4.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate