Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,125 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heather Schwedel results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 47.9% saturation with 2,155 hits. Analysis detected 7,369 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,500 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 77% (1,491 of 6,342 authors). This Heather Schwedel is worse (more manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group.
Heather Schwedel
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 Schwedel (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,500
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

77% percentile
025507510076.5% percentile
4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 47.9%47.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.9%3.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 12.8%12.8%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Author 6.8%6.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 4.3%4.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.9%0.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Author 47.9%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 12.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Halo Effect: Author 6.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.3%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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