Author summary
92%3 analyzed articles/videos233 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Horsey results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 32.9% saturation with 307 hits. Analysis detected 2,120 faulty-reasoning hits from 932 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of 92% (527 of 6,359 authors). This David Horsey is worse (more manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group.
David Horsey
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
92%David Horsey (selected)8%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 932
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

92% percentile
025507510091.7% percentile
7.8% BS Score3 analyzed articles932 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 29.8%29.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 26.7%26.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 32.9%32.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 16.1%16.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 14.6%14.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.5%0.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Author 11.8%11.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 18.4%18.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 14.8%14.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.0%13.0%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Author 32.9%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 29.8%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Author 18.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 26.7%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Author 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Author 16.1%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Author 14.8%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 14.6%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Author 11.8%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 6.4%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Author 7.7%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.0%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

You should see what we’re doing to immigrants80%
Daily Kos85%By David Horsey92%7/15/2026, 11:59:00 PM
Small changes74%
Daily Kos85%By David Horsey92%7/7/2026, 12:30:00 PM
Another perspective86%
Daily Kos85%By David Horsey92%7/5/2026, 12:30:00 PM