Author summary
68%2 analyzed articles/videos946 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shawna Thomas results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and False Dilemma, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 875 hits. Analysis detected 7,028 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,926 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 56% (2,923 of 6,629 authors). This Shawna Thomas is worse (more manipulative) than 55.90% of the peer group.
Shawna Thomas
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
56%Shawna Thomas (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,926
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

56% percentile
025507510055.9% percentile
2.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.1%3.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 14.8%14.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.2%11.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 13.3%13.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.0%3.0%

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 14.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Author 8.7%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos