Author summary
80%11 analyzed articles/videos4,097 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sharon Zhang results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.1% saturation with 3,900 hits. Analysis detected 31,182 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,377 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 58% (2,597 of 6,171 authors). This Sharon Zhang is worse (more manipulative) than 57.90% of the peer group.
Sharon Zhang
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
58%Sharon Zhang (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 20,377
Article count: 11
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

58% percentile
025507510057.9% percentile
2.9% BS Score11 analyzed articles20.4K 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 11.8%11.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 14.2%14.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.8%0.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 7.8%7.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.9%10.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.7%2.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.3%5.3%

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 11.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 19.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

AOC: US-Israeli Military Integration Measure “Existential Threat” to Democracy56%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/22/2026, 9:32:05 PM
US Golfer Tried to Call Trump to Overturn Penalty, on Heels of World Cup Scandal78%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/21/2026, 9:23:30 PM
Republicans Want to Punish Canada for “Exporting” Its Wildfire Smoke Into the US69%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/17/2026, 6:17:19 PM
US Bombs Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure as Trump Threatens Power Plants, Bridges79%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/17/2026, 5:06:39 PM
Truth Social Is Selling Instant Access to Trump’s Posts to Banks and Traders60%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/16/2026, 9:30:29 PM
Miller Labels Leftists a “Cancer” That World Must “Root Out” in Fascistic Speech96%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/16/2026, 8:20:31 PM
Trump Dismisses Responsibility for Minab Massacre, Saying Photo Evidence Is “AI”60%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/15/2026, 9:14:15 PM
Day After Threat to Put Fees on Strait of Hormuz, Trump Says He Denounces Idea63%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/14/2026, 9:17:28 PM
ICE Reportedly Killed Maine Man in Second Fatal ICE Shooting in a Week61%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/13/2026, 9:09:38 PM
Senators Urge Colleagues to Block NDAA Until Pro-Israel Provisions Are Debated66%
Truthout76%By Sharon Zhang80%7/10/2026, 7:10:12 PM