Author summary
5%1 analyzed article/video423 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Samantha Sayles results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 104 hits. Analysis detected 360 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,269 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 56% (2,787 of 6,316 authors). This Samantha Sayles is worse (more manipulative) than 55.90% of the peer group.
Samantha Sayles
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
56%Samantha Sayles (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,269
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

56% percentile
025507510055.9% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 8.2%8.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.5%6.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 2.0%2.0%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Author 1.4%1.4%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 1.6%1.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 8.2%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Author 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Nature: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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