Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos3,921 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Holly McDede results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 1,428 hits. Analysis detected 13,847 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,875 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 11% (5,695 of 6,348 authors). This Holly McDede is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the peer group.
Holly McDede
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
11%Holly McDede (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 20,875
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

10% percentile
025507510010.3% percentile
1.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles20.9K 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 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.2%2.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.5%5.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.6%2.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.5%2.5%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos