Author summary
⁠88%1 analyzed article/video450 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WNYC Staff results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 31.3% saturation with 423 hits. Analysis detected 1,386 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,350 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (800 of 6,263 authors). This WNYC Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group.
WNYC Staff
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠88%WNYC Staff (selected)7%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,350
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

87% percentile
025507510087.2% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 31.3%31.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 6.3%6.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 13.3%13.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.6%4.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 2.2%2.2%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Author 4.7%4.7%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Author 4.9%4.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 9.6%9.6%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 31.3%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Author 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 13.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 10.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 9.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Bandwagon: Author 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Middle Ground: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.1%Primacy Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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