Author summary
49%3 analyzed articles/videos1,552 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Violet Comber-Wilen results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 1,494 hits. Analysis detected 9,006 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,940 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (5,375 of 6,170 authors). This Violet Comber-Wilen is better (less manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group.
Violet Comber-Wilen
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
13%Violet Comber-Wilen (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,940
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

13% percentile
025507510012.9% percentile
1.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles16.9K 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.1%4.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.1%1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 6.0%6.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.6%0.6%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.0%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 6.0%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate