Author summary
73%6 analyzed articles/videos7,945 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Greg Sargent results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.4% saturation with 6,452 hits. Analysis detected 60,545 faulty-reasoning hits from 56,357 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 33% (4,285 of 6,358 authors). This Greg Sargent is better (less manipulative) than 67.40% of the peer group.
Greg Sargent
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
33%Greg Sargent (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 56,357
Article count: 6
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

33% percentile
025507510032.6% percentile
2.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles56.4K 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 6.6%6.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.2%5.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.4%11.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.5%9.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.3%1.3%

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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.5%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 9.4%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate