Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video192 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Meg Felling results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Pessimism Bias, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 19.4% saturation with 149 hits. Analysis detected 860 faulty-reasoning hits from 768 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of 89% (682 of 6,135 authors). This Meg Felling is worse (more manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.
Meg Felling
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
89%Meg Felling (selected)7%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 768
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

89% percentile
025507510088.9% percentile
6.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles768 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 19.4%19.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.9%7.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 11.2%11.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 14.8%14.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 11.3%11.3%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Author 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.7%5.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 4.4%4.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 4.4%4.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 2.2%2.2%

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%Unattributed Quote: Author 19.4%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.3%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Author 14.8%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 11.2%, sitewide 1.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.0%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 6.9%False Dilemma: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.3%Loss Aversion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide rateAuthor rate

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