Author summary
94%3 analyzed articles/videos2,431 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heather Digby Parton results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 36.2% saturation with 4,466 hits. Analysis detected 22,059 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,349 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 77% (1,496 of 6,244 authors). This Heather Digby Parton is worse (more manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group.
Heather Digby Parton
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
77%Heather Digby Parton (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 12,349
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

76% percentile
025507510076.1% percentile
4.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles12.3K 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 36.2%36.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 17.8%17.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 16.0%16.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.4%7.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 9.5%9.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 14.8%14.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.7%0.7%

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 36.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 16.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.4%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 17.8%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 14.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Author 9.5%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Straw Man: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos