Author summary
97%11 analyzed articles/videos4,951 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lisa Needham results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 58.8% saturation with 16,997 hits. Analysis detected 71,840 faulty-reasoning hits from 28,930 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of 82% (1,159 of 6,189 authors). This Lisa Needham is worse (more manipulative) than 81.30% of the peer group.
Lisa Needham
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
82%Lisa Needham (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 28,930
Article count: 11
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

81% percentile
025507510081.3% percentile
4.8% BS Score11 analyzed articles28.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 58.8%58.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 18.3%18.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 18.0%18.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 11.0%11.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 31.2%31.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 14.8%14.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.7%0.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Author 58.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 31.2%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 11.0%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Author 18.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 18.0%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 14.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 9.9%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 5.4%, sitewide 1.1%Straw Man: Author 5.3%, sitewide 0.9%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate