Author summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos1,720 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sidney Blumenthal results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.2% saturation with 5,020 hits. Analysis detected 26,254 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,644 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (1,945 of 6,358 authors). This Sidney Blumenthal is worse (more manipulative) than 69.40% of the peer group.
Sidney Blumenthal
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠70%Sidney Blumenthal (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,644
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

69% percentile
025507510069.4% percentile
3.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles16.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 30.2%30.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 15.4%15.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.4%1.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 17.7%17.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.7%7.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.5%0.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 7.7%7.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.4%0.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 30.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 17.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 15.4%, sitewide 2.0%Hasty Generalization: Author 12.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Author 7.7%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos