Author summary
7%1 analyzed article/video118 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nick Forbes results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 82 hits. Analysis detected 396 faulty-reasoning hits from 354 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8% and a BS Rank of 93% (505 of 6,348 authors). This Nick Forbes is worse (more manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group.
Nick Forbes
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%Nick Forbes (selected)8%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 354
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

92% percentile
025507510092.1% percentile
8.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles354 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 13.3%13.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 7.1%7.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 7.1%7.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 7.1%7.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.3%11.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Author 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 23.2%23.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 3.1%3.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 5.9%5.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 3.1%3.1%

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 13.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 23.2%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.3%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 7.1%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Author 7.1%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 7.1%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 4.0%Hindsight Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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