Author summary
6%4 analyzed articles/videos3,324 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lauren Penington results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 748 hits. Analysis detected 4,886 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,817 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 12% (5,625 of 6,359 authors). This Lauren Penington is better (less manipulative) than 88.50% of the peer group.
Lauren Penington
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
12%Lauren Penington (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 11,817
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

12% percentile
025507510011.5% percentile
1.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles11.8K 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 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.0%6.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.8%0.8%

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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate