Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Tom Engelhardt results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 35.2% saturation with 2,275 hits. Analysis detected 11,650 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,468 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 6,629 authors). This Tom Engelhardt is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
Tom Engelhardt
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Jacob Owens1%
⁠1%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
⁠0%Tom Engelhardt (selected)0%
Author details
Total words: 6,468
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 35.2%35.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 3.4%3.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Author 20.6%20.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 25.5%25.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Author 8.3%8.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.8%0.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.4%7.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 13.6%13.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.6%10.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 35.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 3.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 25.5%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 20.6%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 13.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.9%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Author 8.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Author 7.9%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.4%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Slippery Slope: Author 6.5%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Hindsight Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A Government of Trump⁠60%
theintercept.com⁠80%By Tom Engelhardt⁠0%7/9/2026, 2:30:00 PM