Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,225 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sean Collins results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 870 hits. Analysis detected 8,080 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,900 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 71% (1,844 of 6,318 authors). This Sean Collins is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the peer group.
Sean Collins
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
71%Sean Collins (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,900
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

71% percentile
025507510070.8% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.9K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.2%4.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 13.1%13.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 17.8%17.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.4%6.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 6.0%6.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.2%0.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.2%0.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 9.0%9.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.2%12.2%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 17.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Author 13.1%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 7.3%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Author 9.0%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 8.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 1.4%False Dilemma: Author 5.0%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Author 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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