Author summary
8%6 analyzed articles/videos1,838 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kyle McClenagan results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 4.3% saturation with 436 hits. Analysis detected 3,412 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,050 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 2% (6,294 of 6,363 authors). This Kyle McClenagan is better (less manipulative) than 98.90% of the peer group.
Kyle McClenagan
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
2%Kyle McClenagan (selected)1%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 10,050
Article count: 6
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

1% percentile
02550751001.1% percentile
0.9% BS Score6 analyzed articles10.1K 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 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.0%1.0%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate