Author: Sabina Wex
Sabina Wex
has 12.3% among authors.
BS Score: 1.6%.
Articles analyzed: 7.
Words analyzed: 16,603.
Analyzed articles
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 6/18/2026, 8:23 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 25.8% - Halo Effect 18% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.6%
From her days in a teen pop band to her 2002 breakout hit, En el 2000, Natalia Lafourcade was one of the most famous musicians in Mexico in the early aughts. She couldn’t even walk down the street. So, in 2007, the singer-songwriter decided to escape — to Ottawa, Ont. “I needed to go to a place where nobody knows me,” she tells Q’s Tom... more
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 5/26/2026, 7:59 PM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 17.9% - Availability Heuristic 15.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 11.1%
In 2005, Howie Mandel wanted to quit show business after another one of his television projects had failed. The Toronto-born comedian was done dealing with the Hollywood shenanigans. Then, he was asked if he would host a new game show. It was called Deal or No Deal, where there are 26 suitcases filled with unknown amounts of money. “A... more
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 5/19/2026, 8:23 PM
Anecdotal 22.5% - Appeal to Authority 9.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 9.3%
Bruce Allen’s management roster reads like a history of Canadian popular music: Bryan Adams, Anne Murray, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Michael Bublé. After more than 50 years of working in the Canadian music industry, the Departure Festival recently honoured Allen with a Lifetime Achievement Award. But the legendary Canadian manager... more
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 5/14/2026, 8:20 PM
Biased Writer Voice 27.5% - Hasty Generalization 19.6% - Indoctrination 17.2%
When Mac Barnett tells people that he’s a children’s author, they often ask the same question: “Do you think you'll ever write a real book?” The reaction from the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature is also always the same: “I say no, because I'm furious,” he tells Q guest host Gill Deacon. “And I say, ‘And by the way,... more
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 4/16/2026, 8:29 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 40% - Biased Writer Voice 37.5% - Negativity Bias 28.2%
In the early 2010s, Lena Dunham was everywhere. But the attention transformed the creator, star and writer of HBO’s Girls into a polarizing cultural figure. Some viewed her as the voice of a generation. Others believed she represented everything wrong with millennials. more
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 4/1/2026, 8:35 PM
Anecdotal 27% - Appeal to Emotion 24.8% - Negativity Bias 18.5%
A new play about Roald Dahl opened to rave reviews on Broadway. Giant delves into the author’s antisemitic views, which were exposed by British-Canadian journalist Michael Coren in 1983. Today on Commotion, Coren tells host Elamin Abdelmahmoud about what it was like seeing Giant in New York, his original interview with Dahl and how we... more
CBC Arts
- By Sabina Wex
- 3/26/2026, 4:20 PM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 14.5% - Optimism Bias 12.1% - Availability Heuristic 11.6%
As a child, Mae Martin loved to watch the Juno Awards. When Martin grew up and became an acclaimed Canadian comedian, they made sure to talk to Junos staff about becoming involved in the music award show. “I was begging to host it,” Martin tells Q guest host Talia Schlanger. “It wasn't a case of them reaching out to me. It was truly me... more