Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos611 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Luke Fountain results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Optimism Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 243 hits. Analysis detected 2,235 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,596 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 41% (3,738 of 6,316 authors). This Luke Fountain is better (less manipulative) than 59.20% of the peer group.
Luke Fountain
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
41%Luke Fountain (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,596
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

41% percentile
025507510040.8% percentile
2.3% 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.4%4.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.6%1.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.9%0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 3.5%3.5%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos