Author summary
90%2 analyzed articles/videos2,009 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Troy Brynelson results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 28.6% saturation with 1,721 hits. Analysis detected 6,751 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,022 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,123 of 6,365 authors). This Troy Brynelson is worse (more manipulative) than 66.70% of the peer group.
Troy Brynelson
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
67%Troy Brynelson (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 6,022
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

67% percentile
025507510066.7% percentile
3.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 28.6%28.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.0%8.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.2%0.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 9.7%9.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 23.2%23.2%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 28.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 23.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Author 9.7%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos