Author summary
47%18 analyzed articles/videos15,747 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elizabeth Rayne results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 3,849 hits. Analysis detected 45,050 faulty-reasoning hits from 70,114 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 14% (7,436 of 8,623 authors). This Elizabeth Rayne is better (less manipulative) than 86.20% of the peer group.
Elizabeth Rayne
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Hannah Martin1%
0%Paul DeMark1%
0%Emma Sedlak1%
0%Michael Fox1%
0%San Antonio Report Staff1%
14%Elizabeth Rayne (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 70,114
Article count: 18
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

14% percentile
025507510013.8% percentile
1.3% BS Score18 analyzed articles70.1K 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 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 2.0%2.0%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Universe May Not Be Accelerating After All—And It Could Mean Dark Energy Never Existed8%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%8/4/2026, 6:00:05 AM
Nearly 1,500 Ships Are Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz—And Something Dangerous Is Growing on Them69%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%8/4/2026, 5:30:00 AM
A 16th-Century Map Shows an Island Worth $22 Billion. It May Have Never Existed at All.33%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/31/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Archaeologists Found a 476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure. No One Knows Who Built It.12%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/30/2026, 5:30:05 AM
Scientists Just Discovered That Light Can Create Friction—No Contact Required25%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/24/2026, 6:30:00 AM
Nobody Could Replicate This Unbreakable Viking Sword for 1,000 Years. One Man Just Figured Out How.34%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/23/2026, 5:30:00 AM
Looters Dug up a Mysterious Bronze Disk. It Could Be Humanity’s First Map of the Heavens.22%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/22/2026, 6:00:00 AM
A Pre-Civil War Battle Almost Vanished from History. Scientists Found It Buried Underground.38%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/21/2026, 5:00:05 AM
A Plane Crash Killed 92 People—And Exposed a Major Government Secret34%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/17/2026, 11:00:04 AM
The Iroquois Theatre Was ‘Absolutely Fireproof.’ Hundreds Died When it Burned to the Ground.52%
Popular Mechanics49%By Elizabeth Rayne47%7/17/2026, 5:00:04 AM