Author summary
⁠78%5 analyzed articles/videos3,836 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zack Linly results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 41.3% saturation with 5,332 hits. Analysis detected 26,919 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,908 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (1,185 of 6,359 authors). This Zack Linly is worse (more manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group.
Zack Linly
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠82%Zack Linly (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 12,908
Article count: 5
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

81% percentile
025507510081.4% percentile
4.7% BS Score5 analyzed articles12.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 41.3%41.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 26.5%26.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 11.2%11.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 13.3%13.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 28.2%28.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.0%3.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.6%4.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.1%0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 12.3%12.3%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 41.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 28.2%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 11.2%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 26.5%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.3%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Author 13.3%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.4%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Author 4.6%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Author 4.6%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.5%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Horn Effect: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.0%Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos