Author summary
78%2 analyzed articles/videos86 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Nelson results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 46% saturation with 225 hits. Analysis detected 1,468 faulty-reasoning hits from 489 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.3% and a BS Rank of 98% (173 of 6,227 authors). This Mike Nelson is worse (more manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group.
Mike Nelson
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
98%Mike Nelson (selected)15%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 489
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

97% percentile
025507510097.2% percentile
14.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles489 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 46.0%46.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 43.6%43.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 21.9%21.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 24.5%24.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 15.9%15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 17.0%17.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 40.5%40.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 13.7%13.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 13.3%13.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 17.6%17.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 46.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 43.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 40.5%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 24.5%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 21.9%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 17.6%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 17.0%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 15.9%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.7%, sitewide 15.9%False Dilemma: Author 13.7%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 13.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.2%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Author 8.6%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 2.7%Halo Effect: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Horn Effect: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.0%Primacy Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos