Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,289 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WIRED.com results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 16.3% saturation with 839 hits. Analysis detected 5,375 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,156 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (3,050 of 6,316 authors). This WIRED.com is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group.
WIRED.com
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠52%WIRED.com (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,156
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

52% percentile
025507510051.7% percentile
2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.2K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 16.3%16.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 9.8%9.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.0%2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.4%4.4%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Author 16.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 8.7%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.8%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos