Author summary
81%14 analyzed articles/videos10,663 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Biddle results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.7% saturation with 12,339 hits. Analysis detected 82,374 faulty-reasoning hits from 65,870 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 45% (3,484 of 6,244 authors). This Sam Biddle is better (less manipulative) than 55.80% of the peer group.
Sam Biddle
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
45%Sam Biddle (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 65,870
Article count: 14
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

44% percentile
025507510044.2% percentile
2.4% BS Score14 analyzed articles65.9K 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 10.8%10.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.7%4.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 15.3%15.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.4%5.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.7%0.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 5.5%5.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%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 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 18.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 15.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers70%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle81%7/20/2026, 9:48:00 AM
Company That Bragged It Could Track U.S. Spies Hired to Investigate “Havana Syndrome”45%
theintercept.com81%By Sam Biddle81%7/12/2026, 9:51:00 AM
Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents Show42%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle81%6/18/2026, 10:12:00 AM
ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges68%
The Intercept81%By Matt Sledge62% Sam Biddle81%6/12/2026, 5:37:23 PM
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?57%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle81%6/6/2026, 9:42:00 AM
The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America46%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle81%6/2/2026, 4:20:18 PM
Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI48%
The Intercept81%By Matt Sledge62% Sam Biddle81%6/1/2026, 2:30:33 PM
ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence44%
The Intercept81%By Matt Sledge62% Sam Biddle81%5/21/2026, 4:23:58 PM
Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills68%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle81%5/1/2026, 3:55:25 PM
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining75%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle81%4/24/2026, 3:00:00 PM