Author summary
9%2 analyzed articles/videos608 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jo Clifton results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Framing Effect, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 303 hits. Analysis detected 2,288 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,605 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 37% (3,941 of 6,235 authors). This Jo Clifton is better (less manipulative) than 63.20% of the peer group.
Jo Clifton
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
37%Jo Clifton (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,605
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

37% percentile
025507510036.8% percentile
2.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.0%1.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 7.2%7.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.1%2.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.5%0.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.5%4.5%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.2%, sitewide 0.8%Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos