Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video70 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Columnist results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Primacy Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 49 hits. Analysis detected 185 faulty-reasoning hits from 280 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11% and a BS Rank of ⁠94% (1,052 of 16,562 topics). This Political Columnist is worse (more manipulative) than 93.70% of the peer group.
Political Columnist
Topic details
Total words: 280
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

94% percentile
025507510093.7% percentile
11.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles280 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Topic 17.5%17.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 17.5%17.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 13.2%13.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 6.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 11.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

George Skelton⁠17%
Los Angeles Times⁠78%By George Skelton⁠17%5/20/2026, 6:04:33 PM