Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video548 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Orville Vernon Burton results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Slippery Slope as the most egregious example at 22.6% saturation with 495 hits. Analysis detected 3,687 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,192 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (951 of 6,364 authors). This Orville Vernon Burton is worse (more manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group.
Orville Vernon Burton
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠86%Orville Vernon Burton (selected)6%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,192
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

85% percentile
025507510085.1% percentile
5.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 1.1%1.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 22.6%22.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 21.5%21.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.5%0.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 10.4%10.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 9.9%9.9%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Author 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.9%5.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.9%0.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 6.1%6.1%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Slippery Slope: Author 22.6%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 21.5%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 17.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 16.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 10.4%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.3%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 9.9%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 9.1%Loss Aversion: Author 8.4%, sitewide 2.5%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Author 6.1%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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