Author summary
3%1 analyzed article/video1,957 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mission Local Staff results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 241 hits. Analysis detected 1,744 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,871 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 2% (6,284 of 6,359 authors). This Mission Local Staff is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the peer group.
Mission Local Staff
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
2%Mission Local Staff (selected)1%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,871
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

1% percentile
02550751001.2% percentile
1.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.9K 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 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.0%3.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.1%0.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.7%1.7%

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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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