Author summary
⁠21%8 analyzed articles/videos3,798 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Free Press results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 1,791 hits. Analysis detected 13,520 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,525 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (5,828 of 6,171 authors). This The Free Press is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group.
The Free Press
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠6%The Free Press (selected)2%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 22,525
Article count: 8
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

6% percentile
02550751005.6% percentile
1.3% BS Score8 analyzed articles22.5K 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 5.8%5.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.0%3.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.4%3.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.1%2.1%

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 5.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 4.6%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate