Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos161 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Barba results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and In-Group Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 154 hits. Analysis detected 1,263 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,196 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (3,168 of 6,359 authors). This Robert Barba is worse (more manipulative) than 50.20% of the peer group.
Robert Barba
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠51%Robert Barba (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,196
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

50% percentile
025507510050.2% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.2K 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 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.0%7.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.8%5.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.0%3.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 1.0%1.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 3.5%3.5%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Author 0.6%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos