Author summary
0%7 analyzed articles/videos308 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Karen DeYoung results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Unattributed Quote, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 32.9% saturation with 676 hits. Analysis detected 3,333 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,057 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7% and a BS Rank of 91% (610 of 6,162 authors). This Karen DeYoung is worse (more manipulative) than 90.10% of the peer group.
Karen DeYoung
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
91%Karen DeYoung (selected)8%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,057
Article count: 7
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

90% percentile
025507510090.1% percentile
7.0% BS Score7 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.7%2.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 10.4%10.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 28.3%28.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 10.0%10.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.5%11.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 32.9%32.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.2%7.2%

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 32.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 28.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.5%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 10.4%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 10.0%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Author 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate