Author summary
92%11 analyzed articles/videos2,956 analyzed words
BS Summary: These null null results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 2,709 hits. Analysis detected 31,106 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,762 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 76% (1,628 of 6,628 authors). This null null is worse (more manipulative) than 75.40% of the peer group.
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Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
76%null null (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,762
Article count: 11
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

75% percentile
025507510075.4% percentile
4.0% BS Score11 analyzed articles16.8K 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 13.7%13.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.8%2.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 12.7%12.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 13.7%13.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 16.2%16.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.8%8.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 9.9%9.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 15.2%15.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 11.3%11.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%

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 13.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 16.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 15.2%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 13.7%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Author 12.7%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.7%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Author 9.9%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Author 9.7%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.4%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Author 6.0%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Slippery Slope: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Straw Man: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Loss Aversion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Citizens’ Guide to Transportation Reauthorization (Briefing Paper)83%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%12/10/2009, 5:00:00 AM
Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete (Trade Policy Analysis)92%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%12/2/2009, 5:00:00 AM
The Myth of the Compact City: Why Compact Development Is Not the Way to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Policy Analysis)61%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%11/18/2009, 5:00:00 AM
Attack of the Utility Monsters: The New Threats to Free Speech (Policy Analysis)93%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%11/16/2009, 5:00:00 AM
Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care (Policy Analysis)93%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%10/21/2009, 4:00:00 AM
How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble (Policy Analysis)78%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%10/1/2009, 4:00:00 AM
All the President’s Mandates: Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover (Briefing Paper)96%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/23/2009, 4:00:00 AM
Getting What You Paid For — Paying For What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization (Policy Analysis)34%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/15/2009, 4:00:00 AM
Escaping the “Graveyard of Empires”: A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan (White Paper)83%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/14/2009, 4:00:00 AM
High-Speed Rail Is Not “Interstate 2.0” (Briefing Paper)84%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/9/2009, 4:00:00 AM