Author summary
⁠29%2 analyzed articles/videos106 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Photo Credit: Newsday results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 65 hits. Analysis detected 227 faulty-reasoning hits from 424 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (702 of 8,803 authors). This Photo Credit: Newsday is worse (more manipulative) than 92.00% of the peer group.
Photo Credit: Newsday
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Hannah Martin1%
⁠0%Paul DeMark1%
⁠0%Emma Sedlak1%
⁠0%Michael Fox1%
⁠0%San Antonio Report Staff1%
⁠92%Photo Credit: Newsday (selected)7%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 424
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

92% percentile
025507510092.0% percentile
6.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles424 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 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.6%1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 9.9%9.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 15.3%15.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 4.7%4.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 9.9%9.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 4.7%4.7%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 15.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 9.9%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos