Author summary
39%10 analyzed articles/videos22,378 analyzed words
BS Summary: These ProPublica results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 7,531 hits. Analysis detected 49,755 faulty-reasoning hits from 85,591 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 9% (8,163 of 8,931 authors). This ProPublica is better (less manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group.
ProPublica
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Hannah Martin1%
0%Paul DeMark1%
0%Emma Sedlak1%
0%Michael Fox1%
0%San Antonio Report Staff1%
9%ProPublica (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 85,591
Article count: 10
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

9% percentile
02550751008.6% percentile
1.1% BS Score10 analyzed articles85.6K 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 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.9%3.9%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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