Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,018 analyzed words
BS Summary: These RDN results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 811 hits. Analysis detected 3,362 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,072 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (2,226 of 6,350 authors). This RDN is worse (more manipulative) than 65.00% of the peer group.
RDN
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠65%RDN (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,072
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

65% percentile
025507510065.0% percentile
3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.1K 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 2.6%2.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 19.9%19.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 5.7%5.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.3%0.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.6%0.6%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Author 19.9%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 13.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Author 8.3%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 5.7%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Composition/Division: Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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