Author summary
10%7 analyzed articles/videos9,207 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Meg Kinnard results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 2,987 hits. Analysis detected 11,129 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,004 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (6,112 of 6,162 authors). This Meg Kinnard is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group.
Meg Kinnard
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
1%Meg Kinnard (selected)1%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 30,004
Article count: 7
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

1% percentile
02550751000.8% percentile
0.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles30K 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 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.5%0.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.3%0.3%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Author 10.0%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Democrats could take preliminary vote on their 2028 presidential primary calendar later this week19%
WDIV50%By Meg Kinnard10% Joey Cappelletti50% Associated Press60%7/20/2026, 11:12:55 PM
DC medical examiner’s early findings show Sen. Lindsey Graham died from an aorta rupture stemming from hardening of his arteries25%
fortune.com53%By Seung Min Kim54% Mary Clare Jalonick21% Meg Kinnard10% The Associated Press65%7/12/2026, 10:07:10 PM
Influential Sen. Lindsey Graham4%
AP News53%By Seung Min Kim54% Mary Clare Jalonick21% Meg Kinnard10%7/12/2026, 6:38:43 AM
Influential Sen. Lindsey Graham19%
AP News53%By Seung Min Kim54% Mary Clare Jalonick21% Meg Kinnard10%7/12/2026, 6:38:43 AM
Live updates: Trump insists Iran is 'begging to make a deal' after Tehran dismisses ceasefire plan3%
AP News53%By Bridget Brown0% Lorian Belanger0% Sylvia Hui0% Bernard McGhee0% Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira11% Drew Callister0% Sam Metz0% Koral Saeed0% Stan Choe0% Edith M. Lederer0% Kareem Chehayeb0% Julia Frankel0% Chris Rugaber0% Jospeh Wilson0% John Leicester0% Darlene Superville51% Collin Binkley45% Abby Sewell0% Barry Hatton0% Meg Kinnard10% Matthew Daly57% Malak Harb0% Josh Boak50% Farnoush Amiri0% Konstantin Toropin67% Ben Finley37% Alex Brandon0% Fatma Khaled0% Amir-Hussein Radjy0% Mike Catalini28% Linley Sanders69% Tammy Webber9%3/26/2026, 4:11:03 AM