Author summary
39%3 analyzed articles/videos508 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Virginia Grace McKinnon results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, In-Group Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 572 hits. Analysis detected 3,266 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,580 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 41% (3,742 of 6,316 authors). This Virginia Grace McKinnon is better (less manipulative) than 59.20% of the peer group.
Virginia Grace McKinnon
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
41%Virginia Grace McKinnon (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,580
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

41% percentile
025507510040.8% percentile
2.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles4.6K 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 4.1%4.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 12.5%12.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 7.7%7.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.0%3.0%

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 12.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate