Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos2,110 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wiliam Hunter results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 1,066 hits. Analysis detected 7,987 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,440 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,463 of 6,258 authors). This Wiliam Hunter is worse (more manipulative) than 60.70% of the peer group.
Wiliam Hunter
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
61%Wiliam Hunter (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 8,440
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

61% percentile
025507510060.7% percentile
3.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.4K 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 8.1%8.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.5%8.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 12.6%12.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 11.0%11.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.7%2.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 0.4%0.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 5.1%5.1%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 12.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Author 11.0%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos