Author summary
37%2 analyzed articles/videos618 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sean Woods results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.4% saturation with 955 hits. Analysis detected 5,560 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,914 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 58% (2,690 of 6,316 authors). This Sean Woods is worse (more manipulative) than 57.40% of the peer group.
Sean Woods
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
58%Sean Woods (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,914
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

57% percentile
025507510057.4% percentile
2.9% BS Score2 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 5.5%5.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 19.4%19.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.3%6.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 9.9%9.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.7%2.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.2%0.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 3.3%3.3%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 19.4%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Author 10.2%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos