Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos960 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Laura Meckler results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 742 hits. Analysis detected 5,189 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,840 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (1,287 of 6,219 authors). This Laura Meckler is worse (more manipulative) than 79.30% of the peer group.
Laura Meckler
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠80%Laura Meckler (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,840
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

79% percentile
025507510079.3% percentile
4.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.8K 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 19.3%19.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.7%1.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.8%5.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.0%14.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 6.5%6.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.3%0.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.4%9.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.1%12.1%

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 19.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.4%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 6.5%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Author 5.6%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos