Author summary
76%8 analyzed articles/videos1,811 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Lowry results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.9% saturation with 2,975 hits. Analysis detected 22,804 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,575 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 66% (2,156 of 6,315 authors). This Brendan Lowry is worse (more manipulative) than 65.90% of the peer group.
Brendan Lowry
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
66%Brendan Lowry (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,575
Article count: 8
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

66% percentile
025507510065.9% percentile
3.4% BS Score8 analyzed articles16.6K 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 5.3%5.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 15.5%15.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.8%4.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.9%7.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.5%10.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.7%3.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.4%3.4%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 15.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.6%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Unattributed Quote: Author 6.8%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.4%, sitewide 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

"We are expanding opportunities to collaborate": Former Xbox studio Compulsion Games hopes to team up with other devs following layoffs and divestment35%
Windows Central66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/13/2026, 7:36:55 PM
"The business side ... always gets the last remark": Warframe director says Destiny 2 dying is "existentially threatening" for all game developers95%
Windows Central66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/13/2026, 6:21:21 PM
"We still have the crew we need": Xbox's DOOM dev id Software responds to layoffs27%
www.windowscentral.com66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/10/2026, 7:38:00 PM
"Our next steps are to mobilize": Bethesda union members are protesting Xbox's layoffs with a 'Save Our Devs' march next week after 440 ZeniMax cuts48%
www.windowscentral.com66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/10/2026, 6:20:05 PM
"I have no idea how they'll continue": Bethesda dev is worried Xbox layoffs could end Fallout 76 updates without help from "an external studio"84%
www.windowscentral.com66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/9/2026, 7:32:35 PM
DOOM dev id Software was "toying around" with game ideas before Xbox layoffs gutted it — a John Wick-style "Gun Fu" game and Perfect Dark were in consideration55%
www.windowscentral.com66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/8/2026, 10:20:38 PM
Report: The layoffs at Xbox's DOOM studio id Software are even worse than we thought — devs at Bethesda's Austin office have been hit68%
www.windowscentral.com66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/8/2026, 8:38:17 PM
Xbox's RPG studio Obsidian is making a new Fallout game with Bethesda and Fallout: New Vegas' game director — and it's canceled an Avowed sequel to do it81%
www.windowscentral.com66%By Brendan Lowry76%7/8/2026, 6:47:26 PM