Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,862 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim De Chant results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 640 hits. Analysis detected 6,154 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,448 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 25% (4,829 of 6,391 authors). This Tim De Chant is better (less manipulative) than 75.60% of the peer group.
Tim De Chant
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
25%Tim De Chant (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,448
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

24% percentile
025507510024.4% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles7.4K 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 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.6%8.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.6%3.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 8.6%8.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.8%0.8%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos