Author: Mike Bedigan
Mike Bedigan
has 7.7% among authors.
BS Score: 1.4%.
Articles analyzed: 8.
Words analyzed: 16,105.
Analyzed articles
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/17/2026, 4:42 AM
Negativity Bias 32.7% - Framing Effect 30.5% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 21.8%
Saturday Night Live’s 51st season finale saw show legend and episode host Will Ferrell appearing as the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein to sing a duet with President Donald Trump. Trump, played by cast member James Austin Johnson, was woken up from a nap in the Oval Office by Ferrell, dressed as a Dickensian, Jacob Marley-like ghost who joked... more
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/17/2026, 4:42 AM
Biased Writer Voice 22.6% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 21.8% - Negativity Bias 13.8%
Saturday Night Live’s 51st season finale saw show legend and episode host Will Ferrell appearing as the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein to sing a duet with President Donald Trump. Trump, played by cast member James Austin Johnson, was woken up from a nap in the Oval Office by Ferrell, dressed as a Dickensian, Jacob Marley-like ghost who joked... more
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/16/2026, 4:02 AM
Appeal to Authority 29.7% - Quote-first Misdirection 13.1% - Framing Effect 8%
A convicted rapist has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after the decades-long cold case murders of two women were solved using a piece of discarded chewing gum. Mitchell Gaff was apprehended after three undercover investigators posed as gum salespeople and entered his Washington home, according to court documents obtained by CNN.... more
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/16/2026, 4:02 AM
Quote-first Misdirection 13.1% - Appeal to Emotion 6.8% - Negativity Bias 6%
A convicted rapist has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after the decades-long cold case murders of two women were solved using a piece of discarded chewing gum. Mitchell Gaff was apprehended after three undercover investigators posed as gum salespeople and entered his Washington home, according to court documents obtained by CNN.... more
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/15/2026, 3:59 AM
Halo Effect 23.5% - Hasty Generalization 21.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 18%
Donald Trump has lavished praise on president Xi Jinping, saying that he is “straight out of central casting” for a leader of China and is “very tall – especially for this country.” “If you went to Hollywood and you look for a leader of China, to play a role in a movie, he’s central casting… you couldn't find a guy like him,” President... more
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/13/2026, 12:15 AM
Appeal to Emotion 35.7% - Negativity Bias 23.3% - Framing Effect 16.9%
A California crypto owner was robbed of $6.5 million by gun-wielding suspects who were posing as delivery drivers, prosecutors have said. Three men, Elijah Armstrong, Nino Chindavanh, and Jayden Rucker, all from Tennessee, were indicted by a grand jury on Monday and charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping. The trio was... more
The Independent
- By Mike Bedigan
- 5/8/2026, 12:37 PM
Framing Effect 12.6% - Negativity Bias 11.9% - Overconfidence Bias 11.4%
President Donald Trump went on an early morning Truth Social posting spree including AI-generated images that suggested using lasers to win the Iran war, and details of his upcoming birthday plans. In posts made at around 5.30 a.m. Friday, the president appeared to defend the war as well as describing his 80th birthday on June 14 as the... more
The Independent
- By Stuti Mishra, Mike Bedigan, James C. Reynolds
- 4/5/2026, 11:53 AM
Appeal to Authority 45.3% - Confirmation Bias 19.9% - Appeal to Emotion 17.4%
At least five people were killed in US-Israeli attacks during the daring rescue mission to recover a stranded airman from a downed US fighter jet, according to an Iranian official. A local governor in southwestern Iran, where the crash is believed to have taken place, said they were killed after an attack in the “black mountain” area of... more