Author: Brandie Weikle
Brandie Weikle
has 3.5% among authors.
BS Score: 1.2%.
Articles analyzed: 6.
Words analyzed: 29,672.
Analyzed articles
CBC Radio
- By Brandie Weikle
- 4/3/2026, 8:14 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12.4% - Anecdotal 11.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 9.2%
Andrew McCarthy says his son wasn't being mean when he asked, "You don't have any friends, do you?" "He was just telling me a funny story about one of his friends. And then he finished the story and he looked up and said that," the author and actor told Matt Galloway on *The Current*. McCarthy, who is best known for his roles in the... more
CBC Radio
- By Brandie Weikle
- 1/20/2026, 9:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 12.5% - Anecdotal 11.9% - Availability Heuristic 8.1%
A relatively new class of autoimmune diseases that affect the brain is making psychiatrists rethink some diagnoses. Though rare, patients with autoimmune encephalitis often present with psychiatric symptoms, and that can lead to misdiagnosis with a mental illness instead, says Dr. Chris Hahn, a neurologist at the Cumming School of... more
CBC Radio
- By Brandie Weikle, John Chipman
- 7/12/2025, 8:00 AM
Negativity Bias 15.3% - Fundamental Attribution Error 13.4% - Optimism Bias 12.4%
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Andrea Skinner, daughter of renowned Canadian author Alice Munro, revealed last summer that she was molested by her stepfather, Gerald Fremlin — and that her late mother remained with Fremlin after he pleaded guilty to indecent... more
CBC Radio
- By Brandie Weikle
- 6/28/2025, 8:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 24.7% - Anecdotal 11.6% - Appeal to Emotion 11.4%
To meet the federal government's promise to "build, baby, build," the country is going to need a whole lot more skilled trades workers. But a shortage of shop class teachers in Canadian high schools might make them hard to find. "We have a massive shortage of trained teachers," said Andy Strothotte, who has been a shop teacher for 31... more
CBC Radio
- By Brandie Weikle
- 5/31/2025, 8:00 AM
Optimism Bias 18.3% - Appeal to Authority 15.8% - Hasty Generalization 13.8%
Many people with advanced prostate cancer are living much longer due to new treatments, leading prostate cancer doctors say. Though they're not often a cure, these innovations are turning a disease once considered a death sentence into a chronic illness that can be managed for years in some patients. Dr. Laurence Klotz, a urologic... more
CBC Radio
- By Brandie Weikle
- 10/20/2024, 8:00 AM
Anecdotal 14.9% - Hasty Generalization 14.7% - Overconfidence Bias 8.2%
Nick Thompson and his wife, Melanie, love to watch their kids swim in the river near a waterfall on the property where they live in southern Ecuador, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. "It's the land of eternal spring, so it never gets below 16 [C] and never gets over 27," Thompson told Cost of Living. "It's sunny every day and... more