Author summary
56%2 analyzed articles/videos1,334 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steve Kopack results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 530 hits. Analysis detected 3,971 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,336 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 42% (3,621 of 6,170 authors). This Steve Kopack is better (less manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group.
Steve Kopack
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
42%Steve Kopack (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,336
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

41% percentile
025507510041.3% percentile
2.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.3K 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 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.1%9.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.1%4.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.7%0.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 6.9%6.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.1%3.1%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos