Author summary
65% 1 analyzed article/video 598 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melina Khan USA Today results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Appeal to Authority , and Negativity Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 139 hits . Analysis detected 1,309 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,794 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 66% (2,203 of 6,362 authors). This Melina Khan USA Today is worse (more manipulative) than 65.40% of the peer group. Melina Khan USA Today
Author details
Total words: 1,794
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
65% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 65.4% percentile 3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.1% 6.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.8% 3.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.0% 7.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.6% 1.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 1.6% 1.6% 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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.6%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Status Quo Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Hindsight Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.3% Indoctrination: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst