Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos353 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lucy Spence results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 445 hits. Analysis detected 3,838 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,566 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (2,917 of 6,316 authors). This Lucy Spence is worse (more manipulative) than 53.80% of the peer group.
Lucy Spence
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠54%Lucy Spence (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,566
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

54% percentile
025507510053.8% percentile
2.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 8.4%8.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.8%3.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 12.5%12.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 12.1%12.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.8%1.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.2%1.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.1%6.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 5.7%5.7%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 12.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Author 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 5.7%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Author 4.2%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos