Author summary
40%4 analyzed articles/videos2,632 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jesse Whittock results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 1,191 hits. Analysis detected 8,790 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,212 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 40% (3,773 of 6,244 authors). This Jesse Whittock is better (less manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group.
Jesse Whittock
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
40%Jesse Whittock (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 10,212
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

40% percentile
025507510039.6% percentile
2.3% BS Score4 analyzed articles10.2K 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 9.3%9.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.8%4.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 9.8%9.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.7%11.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.0%4.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.1%1.1%

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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.6%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.8%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate