Author summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video315 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Halperin results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 186 hits. Analysis detected 1,811 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,260 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (1,314 of 6,410 authors). This Mark Halperin is worse (more manipulative) than 79.50% of the peer group.
Mark Halperin
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠80%Mark Halperin (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,260
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

80% percentile
025507510079.5% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 5.8%5.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 14.5%14.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 14.6%14.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.2%11.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.8%1.8%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Author 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 3.3%3.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 5.4%5.4%

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 5.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.6%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 14.5%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.9%Bandwagon: Author 6.3%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Author 5.4%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Author 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Horn Effect: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.0%Begging the Question: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos