Author summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos3,454 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph Stepansky results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 1,800 hits. Analysis detected 12,032 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,794 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 23% (4,981 of 6,410 authors). This Joseph Stepansky is better (less manipulative) than 77.70% of the peer group.
Joseph Stepansky
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
23%Joseph Stepansky (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 17,794
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

22% percentile
025507510022.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles17.8K 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 10.1%10.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.1%2.1%

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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate