Author summary
0%9 analyzed articles/videos5,701 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Zahniser results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 3,947 hits. Analysis detected 34,076 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,458 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (5,468 of 6,244 authors). This David Zahniser is better (less manipulative) than 87.60% of the peer group.
David Zahniser
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
13%David Zahniser (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 44,458
Article count: 9
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

12% percentile
025507510012.4% percentile
1.5% BS Score9 analyzed articles44.5K 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.8%3.8%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Who loved Bass, Raman and Pratt the most? A district-by-district breakdown22%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0% Noah Goldberg0%6/13/2026, 3:00:00 PM
Why the L.A. mayoral runoff is about to be a ‘knife fight’46%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0% Noah Goldberg0%6/10/2026, 10:00:00 AM
How Nithya Raman went from last-minute candidate to the L.A. mayor runoff40%
Los Angeles Times79%By Noah Goldberg0% David Zahniser0%6/9/2026, 12:03:19 AM
How Mayor Karen Bass weathered a brutal campaign and won a spot in the Nov. 3 runoff55%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0% Noah Goldberg0%6/4/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt heads to the Valley, wooing voters in his rival’s district61%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0%5/17/2026, 1:07:25 AM
L.A. police union targets leftist mayoral candidate Rae Huang, who's running in fifth37%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0%5/16/2026, 3:00:00 PM
L.A. council member pushes plan to let noncitizens vote in city elections79%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0%4/30/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Pratt and Raman lead Bass in latest fundraising for L.A. mayoral race38%
Los Angeles Times79%By Noah Goldberg0% David Zahniser0%4/24/2026, 11:05:51 PM
In L.A. mayor’s race, everyone is campaigning on change — even the incumbent67%
Los Angeles Times79%By David Zahniser0%4/6/2026, 10:00:00 AM