Author summary
72%1 analyzed article/video903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Winter results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Unattributed Quote, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.6% saturation with 586 hits. Analysis detected 1,672 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,709 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 55% (2,906 of 6,462 authors). This Tom Winter is worse (more manipulative) than 55.00% of the peer group.
Tom Winter
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
55%Tom Winter (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,709
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

55% percentile
025507510055.0% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.2%1.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 4.7%4.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.7%1.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 1.4%1.4%

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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 21.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Author 0.4%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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