Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video411 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Peggy Helman results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18% saturation with 296 hits. Analysis detected 1,755 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,644 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of 84% (1,064 of 6,348 authors). This Peggy Helman is worse (more manipulative) than 83.30% of the peer group.
Peggy Helman
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
84%Peggy Helman (selected)6%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,644
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

83% percentile
025507510083.3% percentile
5.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 11.8%11.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.5%2.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 8.0%8.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 12.5%12.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.1%3.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.8%1.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 4.4%4.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 5.1%5.1%

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 11.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 18.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 15.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 8.0%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 2.0%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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