Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos564 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Ford results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 34% saturation with 768 hits. Analysis detected 2,733 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,256 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (1,313 of 6,362 authors). This Matt Ford is worse (more manipulative) than 79.40% of the peer group.
Matt Ford
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%Matt Ford (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,256
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

79% percentile
025507510079.4% percentile
4.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 34.0%34.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 6.9%6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.8%0.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.6%6.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.6%9.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 4.9%4.9%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 34.0%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Author 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 6.0%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Author 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Special Pleading: Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos