Author summary
⁠9%1 analyzed article/video475 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melody Mercado results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 168 hits. Analysis detected 678 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,900 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (2,961 of 6,366 authors). This Melody Mercado is worse (more manipulative) than 53.50% of the peer group.
Melody Mercado
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠54%Melody Mercado (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,900
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

54% percentile
025507510053.5% percentile
2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.5%3.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 1.1%1.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 2.6%2.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Author 1.1%1.1%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Author 3.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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