Author summary
92%1 analyzed article/video1,558 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim Hirschel-Burns results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 38.1% saturation with 2,377 hits. Analysis detected 10,801 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,232 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 77% (1,457 of 6,316 authors). This Tim Hirschel-Burns is worse (more manipulative) than 76.90% of the peer group.
Tim Hirschel-Burns
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
77%Tim Hirschel-Burns (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 6,232
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

77% percentile
025507510076.9% percentile
4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 38.1%38.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 9.2%9.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 17.0%17.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.3%1.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 9.7%9.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.5%10.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.8%0.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Author 6.2%6.2%

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%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 38.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing Effect: Author 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Author 17.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Author 16.1%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 11.8%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Author 9.7%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Author 7.9%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Author 6.2%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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