Author summary
21% 1 analyzed article/video 1,968 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nicholas D. Kristof results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Anecdotal , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.4% saturation with 500 hits . Analysis detected 5,511 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,872 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 22% (4,991 of 6,336 authors). This Nicholas D. Kristof is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group. Nicholas D. Kristof
Author details
Total words: 7,872
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
21% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.2% percentile 1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.9K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.6% 1.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.6% 1.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.3% 0.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.6% 2.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.2% 4.2% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.5%, sitewide 3.3% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 5.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst