Author summary
20%3 analyzed articles/videos1,941 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Natale results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 801 hits. Analysis detected 7,829 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,592 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 19% (5,070 of 6,262 authors). This Michael Natale is better (less manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group.
Michael Natale
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
19%Michael Natale (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 11,592
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

19% percentile
025507510019.0% percentile
1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.6K 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 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.9%6.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.1%0.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.0%5.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.8%3.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.4%0.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 1.0%1.0%

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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate