Author summary
0%12 analyzed articles/videos9,445 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Carol Leonnig 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 20.8% saturation with 8,493 hits. Analysis detected 54,718 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,912 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 49% (3,167 of 6,202 authors). This Carol Leonnig is better (less manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group.
Carol Leonnig
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
49%Carol Leonnig (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 40,912
Article count: 12
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

49% percentile
025507510048.9% percentile
2.6% BS Score12 analyzed articles40.9K 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 10.1%10.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.8%7.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 7.0%7.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.8%7.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 5.1%5.1%

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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 20.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 7.0%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Author 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Horn Effect: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.0%Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Kash Patel ‘jumped the gun’ with announcement of UFC plot arrests, sources say19%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0%6/16/2026, 7:53:48 PM
Gov. Gavin Newsom says Justice Department is investigating him and his wife47%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0% Erum Salam75%6/15/2026, 9:12:00 PM
FBI fires analysts behind controversial memo on ‘radical Catholic ideology’40%
MS NOW94%By Ken Dilanian0% Carol Leonnig0%6/5/2026, 9:00:23 PM
FBI insiders: Kash Patel is ‘padding the stats’ to boost his record of arrests80%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0% Ken Dilanian0%5/13/2026, 6:58:06 PM
A bulletproof vest, ballistic glass and a president who carries on43%
MS NOW94%By Jake Traylor85% Carol Leonnig0%5/1/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Three problems with correspondents' dinner security, say officials: the checkpoint, the evacuation and the venue itself93%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0%4/27/2026, 12:12:49 AM
DOJ investigating Biden-era prosecutions of anti-abortion protesters, draft report shows0%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0% Julianne McShane0%4/8/2026, 8:51:04 PM
Trump is considering replacing Pam Bondi, according to source0%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0% Ken Dilanian0% Mychael Schnell81%4/2/2026, 12:40:06 PM
Special counsel Jack Smith suspected Trump kept docs for financial gain — but sources point to another motive0%
MS NOW94%By Carol Leonnig0%3/27/2026, 4:09:40 PM
Pipe bomb suspect confesses and has expressed support for Trump, sources say0%
MS NOW94%By Ken Dilanian0% Carol Leonnig0% Sydney Carruth0%12/5/2025, 4:14:23 PM