Author summary
⁠15%4 analyzed articles/videos804 analyzed words
BS Summary: These KTVU Staff results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 187 hits. Analysis detected 1,274 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,412 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (2,431 of 6,316 authors). This KTVU Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 61.50% of the peer group.
KTVU Staff
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠62%KTVU Staff (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,412
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

62% percentile
025507510061.5% percentile
3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles2.4K 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 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.4%4.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.6%2.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 5.6%5.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 5.2%5.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.8%7.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 7.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.6%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 5.2%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Burden of Proof: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos