Author summary
78%12 analyzed articles/videos8,594 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nina Totenberg results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 3,817 hits. Analysis detected 33,449 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,448 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 18% (5,112 of 6,215 authors). This Nina Totenberg is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the peer group.
Nina Totenberg
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
18%Nina Totenberg (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

18% percentile
025507510017.8% percentile
1.7% BS Score12 analyzed articles39.4K 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 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.7%9.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.0%4.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.0%4.0%

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%Framing Effect: Author 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety22%
KUAR16%By Nina Totenberg78%7/15/2026, 3:19:25 AM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety25%
Iowa Public Radio27%By Nina Totenberg78%7/15/2026, 3:19:25 AM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety30%
NPR Las Vegas | Nevada Public Radio (KNPR 88.9)31%By Nina Totenberg78%7/14/2026, 8:19:25 PM
Supreme Court takes sledgehammer to much of federal government’s regulatory structure42%
NPR84%By Nina Totenberg78%6/29/2026, 8:44:35 PM
Supreme Court cements Trump's power over agencies long considered independent56%
NPR84%By Andrea Hsu0% Nina Totenberg78%6/29/2026, 2:33:27 PM
The Supreme Court says the U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border31%
NPR84%By Grady Martin0% Nina Totenberg78%6/25/2026, 2:57:46 PM
Trump can begin deportations of Syrian, Haitian TPS holders, Supreme Court says34%
NPR84%By Nina Totenberg78%6/25/2026, 2:53:24 PM
Supreme Court is death knell for Virginia's Democratic-friendly congressional maps11%
NPR84%By Nina Totenberg78% Zoe Sobel0%5/15/2026, 10:58:42 PM
Kobach urges Supreme Court to let Trump end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians3%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR55%By Nina Totenberg78%5/2/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Supreme Court weighs Trump's effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians, Syrians60%
NPR84%By Nina Totenberg78%4/29/2026, 9:00:00 AM