Author summary
95% 17 analyzed articles/videos 7,644 analyzed words
BS Summary: These LA Times Studios Staff results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , Framing Effect , and Overconfidence Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 5,629 hits . Analysis detected 52,021 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,507 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (3,112 of 8,706 authors). This LA Times Studios Staff is worse (more manipulative) than 64.30% of the peer group. LA Times Studios Staff
Author details
Total words: 38,507
Article count: 17
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
64% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 64.3% percentile 2.8% BS Score17 analyzed articles38.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.3% 9.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 4.0% 4.0% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 11.6% 11.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 6.7% 6.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 14.6% 14.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.0% 6.0% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Author 6.0% 6.0% 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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Author 14.6%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 11.6%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Overconfidence Bias: Author 9.1%, sitewide 4.6% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Author 8.4%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.1%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Indoctrination: Author 6.7%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Author 6.0%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.3%, sitewide 0.8% Anecdotal: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst