Author summary
11%14 analyzed articles/videos5,325 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Laura Baisas results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 1,306 hits. Analysis detected 17,442 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,834 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 7% (5,931 of 6,348 authors). This Laura Baisas is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group.
Laura Baisas
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
7%Laura Baisas (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 31,834
Article count: 14
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

7% percentile
02550751006.6% percentile
1.3% BS Score14 analyzed articles31.8K 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.1%4.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.8%1.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.5%3.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.4%1.4%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate