Author summary
44%1 analyzed article/video777 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rachel Ventresca results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 273 hits. Analysis detected 2,491 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,108 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 54% (2,935 of 6,382 authors). This Rachel Ventresca is worse (more manipulative) than 54.00% of the peer group.
Rachel Ventresca
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
54%Rachel Ventresca (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,108
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

54% percentile
025507510054.0% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K 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 3.4%3.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.0%8.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.5%5.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.9%0.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 2.5%2.5%

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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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