Author summary
82%2 analyzed articles/videos596 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ricardo Torres-Cortez results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 665 hits. Analysis detected 6,034 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,632 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 66% (2,185 of 6,350 authors). This Ricardo Torres-Cortez is worse (more manipulative) than 65.60% of the peer group.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
66%Ricardo Torres-Cortez (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,632
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

66% percentile
025507510065.6% percentile
3.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K 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 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.4%6.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 11.6%11.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 6.3%6.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.4%14.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 5.0%5.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.1%1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.8%1.8%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Author 11.6%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Burden of Proof: Author 6.3%, sitewide 0.4%Optimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Author 5.1%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Status Quo Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos