Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,001 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margaret Mellott results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 276 hits. Analysis detected 1,839 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,003 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (3,405 of 6,258 authors). This Margaret Mellott is better (less manipulative) than 54.40% of the peer group.
Margaret Mellott
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠46%Margaret Mellott (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,003
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

46% percentile
025507510045.6% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.6%7.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.5%4.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.7%4.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 2.2%2.2%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.5%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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