Author summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos721 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paul Blumenthal results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 29.7% saturation with 2,089 hits. Analysis detected 10,333 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,027 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (1,617 of 6,358 authors). This Paul Blumenthal is worse (more manipulative) than 74.60% of the peer group.
Paul Blumenthal
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠75%Paul Blumenthal (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,027
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

75% percentile
025507510074.6% percentile
4.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 29.7%29.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 10.8%10.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 17.7%17.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.3%9.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.0%10.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Author 6.1%6.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.4%4.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 29.7%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 17.7%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Straw Man: Author 6.1%, sitewide 0.9%Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.3%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.1%Horn Effect: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos