Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video917 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heather Mac Donald results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.9% saturation with 950 hits. Analysis detected 6,325 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,668 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (1,604 of 6,137 authors). This Heather Mac Donald is worse (more manipulative) than 73.90% of the peer group.
Heather Mac Donald
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
74%Heather Mac Donald (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,668
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

74% percentile
025507510073.9% percentile
3.9% 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%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 25.9%25.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 10.1%10.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.7%10.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 7.8%7.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 14.2%14.2%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Author 7.3%7.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 8.3%8.3%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 25.9%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 14.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 10.1%, sitewide 1.4%Halo Effect: Author 9.1%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Author 8.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Author 7.8%, sitewide 0.0%Straw Man: Author 7.3%, sitewide 0.9%In-Group Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Author 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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