Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos2,627 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tomas Apodaca results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 779 hits. Analysis detected 5,553 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,508 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 24% (4,827 of 6,338 authors). This Tomas Apodaca is better (less manipulative) than 76.20% of the peer group.
Tomas Apodaca
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
24%Tomas Apodaca (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 10,508
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

24% percentile
025507510023.8% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles10.5K 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 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.4%7.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.6%0.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.5%6.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.8%5.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.7%3.7%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Author 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos