Author summary
10%3 analyzed articles/videos2,963 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Votebeat results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.4% saturation with 570 hits. Analysis detected 3,587 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,889 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 4% (6,157 of 6,358 authors). This Votebeat is better (less manipulative) than 96.80% of the peer group.
Votebeat
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
4%Votebeat (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 8,889
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

3% percentile
02550751003.2% percentile
1.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.9K 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 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.5%3.5%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate