Author summary
78%1 analyzed article/video777 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Keith Kindred results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Indoctrination, and Slippery Slope, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 334 hits. Analysis detected 2,368 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,331 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 76% (1,566 of 6,350 authors). This Keith Kindred is worse (more manipulative) than 75.40% of the peer group.
Keith Kindred
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
76%Keith Kindred (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,331
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

75% percentile
025507510075.4% percentile
4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K 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 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.7%2.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 9.6%9.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 8.5%8.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 14.3%14.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.6%13.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 6.7%6.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.0%2.0%

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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 13.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 14.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Author 9.6%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Author 8.5%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Composition/Division: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.2%Hindsight Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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