Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video635 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Symone D. Sanders Townsend results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 704 hits. Analysis detected 4,648 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,540 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of 89% (708 of 6,360 authors). This Symone D. Sanders Townsend is worse (more manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
89%Symone D. Sanders Townsend (selected)7%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,540
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

89% percentile
025507510088.9% percentile
6.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 27.7%27.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 10.9%10.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 17.5%17.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 12.1%12.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 16.2%16.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.8%7.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 14.3%14.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Author 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.7%3.7%

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 27.7%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 10.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 16.1%, sitewide 19.2%Slippery Slope: Author 17.5%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Author 16.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 14.3%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 12.1%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Author 7.7%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 5.5%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Author 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Author 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.0%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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