Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video804 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sara Mcgiff results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 31.1% saturation with 999 hits. Analysis detected 4,734 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,216 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 85% (1,005 of 6,387 authors). This Sara Mcgiff is worse (more manipulative) than 84.30% of the peer group.
Sara Mcgiff
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
85%Sara Mcgiff (selected)6%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,216
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

84% percentile
025507510084.3% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 11.0%11.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 18.9%18.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 31.1%31.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.3%0.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.6%7.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.1%12.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 8.6%8.6%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 31.1%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 11.0%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 18.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 11.1%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.0%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.6%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Author 7.4%, sitewide 5.2%Slippery Slope: Author 7.2%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos