Author summary
100%1 analyzed article/video1,051 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Terry Forliti results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Indoctrination, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.8% saturation with 656 hits. Analysis detected 6,251 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,153 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of 86% (917 of 6,204 authors). This Terry Forliti is worse (more manipulative) than 85.20% of the peer group.
Terry Forliti
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
86%Terry Forliti (selected)6%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,153
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

85% percentile
025507510085.2% percentile
5.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 20.8%20.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 11.6%11.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 14.3%14.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 20.0%20.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 13.0%13.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.9%8.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 10.2%10.2%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Author 8.7%8.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 11.3%11.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.6%1.6%

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 11.6%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 20.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 20.0%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Author 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 17.1%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Author 14.3%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Author 13.0%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Author 12.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Author 11.3%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Author 10.2%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.5%, sitewide 9.1%Straw Man: Author 8.7%, sitewide 0.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Burden of Proof: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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