Author summary
64%13 analyzed articles/videos6,636 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sophie Hurwitz results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 4,109 hits. Analysis detected 37,215 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,649 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 43% (3,658 of 6,359 authors). This Sophie Hurwitz is better (less manipulative) than 57.50% of the peer group.
Sophie Hurwitz
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
43%Sophie Hurwitz (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 31,649
Article count: 13
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

43% percentile
025507510042.5% percentile
2.4% BS Score13 analyzed articles31.6K 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%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 13.0%13.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.1%10.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.0%1.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.8%9.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.6%4.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.6%2.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.9%0.9%

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 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 7.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 5.5%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

How to Keep an Alleged War Criminal Out of New York81%
Mother Jones50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/23/2026, 11:30:00 AM
What ICE Should Have Known When It Hired David Brouillette30%
Mother Jones50%By Samantha Michaels43% Noah Lanard28% Sophie Hurwitz64%7/21/2026, 8:00:09 PM
Police Keep Losing Their Jobs For Using Flock Cameras To Stalk People65%
Mother Jones50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/18/2026, 4:59:24 PM
Mahmoud Khalil Is Suing the White House and Heritage Foundation63%
Mother Jones50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/15/2026, 12:42:38 AM
Attack Ad Calls Climate Activist an Oil Investor Because of His 401(k)54%
Mother Jones50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/14/2026, 11:30:00 AM
Colombian Man in Maine Reportedly Killed by ICE Agents25%
Mother Jones50%By Noah Lanard28% Sophie Hurwitz64%7/13/2026, 7:08:13 PM
A Little Law Gives Hope That Government Can Suck Less and Make People’s Lives Better12%
www.motherjones.com50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/12/2026, 7:50:29 PM
ICE Keeps Using The Same Justification For Killing Drivers63%
www.motherjones.com50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/9/2026, 10:08:27 PM
Graham Platner Says He’s Out. Now What?52%
www.motherjones.com50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/9/2026, 5:00:03 PM
Trump Can’t Stop Talking About Communists81%
www.motherjones.com50%By Sophie Hurwitz64%7/8/2026, 9:48:22 PM