Author summary
0%10 analyzed articles/videos8,655 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex Wigglesworth results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 4,537 hits. Analysis detected 29,561 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,865 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 7% (5,889 of 6,277 authors). This Alex Wigglesworth is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.
Alex Wigglesworth
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
7%Alex Wigglesworth (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 44,865
Article count: 10
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

6% percentile
02550751006.2% percentile
1.3% BS Score10 analyzed articles44.9K 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 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.1%10.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.6%1.6%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Informal Bass advisor now working for Lineage20%
Los Angeles Times79%By Noah Goldberg0% Alex Wigglesworth0%7/12/2026, 3:57:04 AM
Lineage sought change to solar shutdown switch at Boyle Heights warehouse - Los Angeles Times15%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0%7/10/2026, 4:34:51 PM
It’s been six days. Why can’t L.A. firefighters put out blaze at Boyle Heights cold storage facility?21%
Los Angeles Times79%By Salvador Hernandez48% Alex Wigglesworth0% Clara Harter64%6/22/2026, 2:22:05 PM
Bombshell report alleges years of harassment against immigrant vendors in Riverside34%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0%6/5/2026, 10:00:00 AM
How a 'toxic' City Hall was unraveled by 'very horrible' anonymous letters55%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0%5/20/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Largest fire ever recorded on Santa Rosa Island endangers 'gem of California coast'15%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0%5/18/2026, 10:22:57 PM
Out of hundreds of suspects, 42 arrested in Inland Empire child sex exploitation bust36%
Los Angeles Times79%By Clara Harter64% Alex Wigglesworth0%5/12/2026, 2:48:06 AM
Here's where and when it's expected to rain in Southern California this week2%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0%4/27/2026, 7:25:48 PM
A top South Bay Realtor was found dead alone in the desert. 'A really, really ugly story'41%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0%4/21/2026, 10:00:00 AM
‘It’s easy to die there’: Icy Mt. Baldy claims three lives as hikers warn of extreme danger70%
Los Angeles Times79%By Alex Wigglesworth0% Itzel Luna0%12/31/2025, 11:24:19 PM