Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video592 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Cowan results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 398 hits. Analysis detected 2,306 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,368 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠66% (2,169 of 6,359 authors). This Richard Cowan is worse (more manipulative) than 65.90% of the peer group.
Richard Cowan
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%Richard Cowan (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,368
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

66% percentile
025507510065.9% percentile
3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K 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 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.4%1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 8.7%8.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 7.2%7.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.6%2.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 4.0%4.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.8%4.8%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 16.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 9.1%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 8.7%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 2.0%In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.3%Special Pleading: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.3%Bandwagon: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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