Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos977 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Oliver Salt results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 892 hits. Analysis detected 7,546 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,700 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,435 of 6,135 authors). This Oliver Salt is worse (more manipulative) than 60.30% of the peer group.
Oliver Salt
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
61%Oliver Salt (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 6,700
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

60% percentile
025507510060.3% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.7K 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 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 7.6%7.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.5%0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.3%13.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.0%6.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 8.9%8.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.1%0.1%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 13.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 9.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.9%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 7.6%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.1%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate