BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 28.6% saturation with 24 hits. Analysis detected 48 faulty-reasoning hits from 84 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 21.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (20,713 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the article peer group.
Mary McNamara is a culture columnist and critic for the Los Angeles Times.
Previously she was assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment following a 12-year stint as television critic and senior culture editor.
A Pulitzer Prize winner in 2015 and finalist for criticism in 2013 and 2014, she has won various awards for criticism and feature writing.
She is the author of the Hollywood mysteries “Oscar Season” and “The Starlet.”
She lives in La Crescenta with her husband and two dogs.
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