Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,009 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tara C. Smith results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Negativity Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 635 hits. Analysis detected 3,293 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,027 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (2,089 of 6,629 authors). This Tara C. Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 68.50% of the peer group.
Tara C. Smith
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠69%Tara C. Smith (selected)4%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,027
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

69% percentile
025507510068.5% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K 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 2.1%2.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 21.0%21.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 13.1%13.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.3%8.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.3%1.3%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 21.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 13.1%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 7.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.0%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Author 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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