Author summary
⁠6%2 analyzed articles/videos286 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Barba results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 89 hits. Analysis detected 556 faulty-reasoning hits from 858 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (1,240 of 6,382 authors). This Michael Barba is worse (more manipulative) than 80.60% of the peer group.
Michael Barba
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠81%Michael Barba (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 858
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

81% percentile
025507510080.6% percentile
4.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles858 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 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.8%7.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.1%1.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 7.3%7.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 4.7%4.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 10.4%10.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 4.1%4.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 2.1%2.1%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 10.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 10.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 7.3%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos