Author summary
94%1 analyzed article/video1,659 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Howard W. French results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 960 hits. Analysis detected 6,555 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,977 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 65% (2,224 of 6,316 authors). This Howard W. French is worse (more manipulative) than 64.80% of the peer group.
Howard W. French
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
65%Howard W. French (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,977
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

65% percentile
025507510064.8% percentile
3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K 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 6.0%6.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 19.3%19.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 14.4%14.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 7.7%7.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.7%0.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 7.3%7.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.5%7.5%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 19.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 14.4%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 7.7%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Author 7.3%, sitewide 1.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Hindsight Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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