Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video775 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Molly McGrath results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 57.2% saturation with 1,330 hits. Analysis detected 6,822 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,325 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of 93% (468 of 6,529 authors). This Molly McGrath is worse (more manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group.
Molly McGrath
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
93%Molly McGrath (selected)9%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,325
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

93% percentile
025507510092.8% percentile
8.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 57.2%57.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 34.4%34.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 35.9%35.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 10.5%10.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 6.6%6.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Author 7.6%7.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.6%14.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.2%5.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.5%1.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Author 57.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 35.9%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 34.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing Effect: Author 27.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.0%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Author 10.5%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Author 10.3%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 7.6%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 6.4%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 6.6%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Author 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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