Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos700 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Engel results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.5% saturation with 715 hits. Analysis detected 2,611 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,800 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 78% (1,456 of 6,348 authors). This Richard Engel is worse (more manipulative) than 77.10% of the peer group.
Richard Engel
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
78%Richard Engel (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,800
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

77% percentile
025507510077.1% percentile
4.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.8%8.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 12.5%12.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 11.3%11.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.9%4.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 2.0%2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 3.0%3.0%

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 25.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 12.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Primacy Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate