Author: Michael Wilner
Michael Wilner
has 42.2% among authors.
BS Score: 2.7%.
Articles analyzed: 5.
Words analyzed: 21,104.
Analyzed articles
Los Angeles Times
- By Michael Wilner
- 6/18/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 18.6% - Hasty Generalization 14.6% - Pessimism Bias 10.4%
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood silent and stone-faced behind Donald Trump on Wednesday as the president joked of passing the buck if his deal with Iran, under increasingly withering criticism and scrutiny, ultimately falls apart. The blame, Trump said, would likely fall on his vice president, JD Vance, who led the... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Michael Wilner
- 5/12/2026, 10:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 42% - Appeal to Authority 28.8% - Negativity Bias 27.9%
BEIJING — The Trump administration has repeatedly framed the war in Iran as a quick, winnable fight, vowing to defeat the Islamic Republic “totally and decisively” — incomparable to the “dumb” wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But from China’s perspective, the parallels are clear. “You can blow everything up — destroy it all,” one Chinese... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Justine McDaniel, Michael Wilner
- 4/26/2026, 10:31 PM
Negativity Bias 17.1% - Availability Heuristic 12.8% - False Dilemma 11.1%
An attack on the White House correspondents' dinner by a gunman who came within feet of the ballroom where President Trump sat raised immediate questions about the night’s security protocol — and the future of large, high-profile events in a country with easy access to firearms and increasingly high political tensions. The man breached... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Michael Wilner, Justine McDaniel, Ana Ceballos
- 4/14/2026, 10:47 PM
Negativity Bias 45.4% - Biased Writer Voice 37.5% - Framing Effect 28.8%
WASHINGTON — Eric Swalwell’s downfall has raised the possibility of a broader reckoning on Capitol Hill as congressional staffers, reporters and opposition researchers race to verify long-standing rumors of a sordid underground culture among the city’s most powerful. Former lawmakers across the political spectrum have warned for years of... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Michael Wilner
- 4/5/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 24.8% - Unattributed Quote 24.2% - Negativity Bias 21.5%
WASHINGTON — Merely two weeks had passed since the Iran war began when Gen. Randy George, the Army’s highest-ranking officer, began sounding an alarm. Touring a weapons depot in North Carolina, George warned lawmakers present that the conflict’s vast and ever-growing list of targets was straining U.S. capacity — “depleting our stockpiles... more