Author summary
60%3 analyzed articles/videos2,998 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nicky Forster results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 2,973 hits. Analysis detected 16,582 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,724 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 11% (5,584 of 6,228 authors). This Nicky Forster is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the peer group.
Nicky Forster
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
11%Nicky Forster (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 26,724
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

10% percentile
025507510010.3% percentile
1.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles26.7K 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 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.1%11.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.6%2.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.8%0.8%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos