Author summary
78%14 analyzed articles/videos3,216 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Vespa results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.1% saturation with 4,929 hits. Analysis detected 40,108 faulty-reasoning hits from 25,800 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 58% (2,612 of 6,194 authors). This Matt Vespa is worse (more manipulative) than 57.80% of the peer group.
Matt Vespa
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
58%Matt Vespa (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 25,800
Article count: 14
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

58% percentile
025507510057.8% percentile
2.9% BS Score14 analyzed articles25.8K 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 8.8%8.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 19.1%19.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 13.4%13.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 9.4%9.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.9%13.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 5.5%5.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.1%1.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.7%4.7%

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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 13.9%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 19.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.4%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 13.4%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Author 6.5%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 5.5%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate