Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video84 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mary McNamara results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 21.4% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 120 faulty-reasoning hits from 336 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 17.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (98 of 6,359 authors). This Mary McNamara is worse (more manipulative) than 98.50% of the peer group.
Mary McNamara
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠99%Mary McNamara (selected)18%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 336
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

99% percentile
025507510098.5% percentile
17.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles336 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 21.4%21.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 14.3%14.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Halo Effect: Author 21.4%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Author 14.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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