Author summary
⁠71%9 analyzed articles/videos6,874 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Mednick results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 3,394 hits. Analysis detected 18,642 faulty-reasoning hits from 25,822 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠25% (6,636 of 8,739 authors). This Sam Mednick is better (less manipulative) than 75.90% of the peer group.
Sam Mednick
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Hannah Martin1%
⁠0%Paul DeMark1%
⁠0%Emma Sedlak1%
⁠0%Michael Fox1%
⁠0%San Antonio Report Staff1%
⁠25%Sam Mednick (selected)2%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 25,822
Article count: 9
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

24% percentile
025507510024.1% percentile
1.5% BS Score9 analyzed articles25.8K 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 8.6%8.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.2%4.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.1%13.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.2%2.2%

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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 13.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos