Author summary
⁠96%1 analyzed article/video232 analyzed words
BS Summary: These VTD Obituaries results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 42.5% saturation with 296 hits. Analysis detected 1,303 faulty-reasoning hits from 696 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (202 of 5,453 authors). This VTD Obituaries is worse (more manipulative) than 96.30% of the peer group.
VTD Obituaries
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠0%Levi Sumagaysay1%
⁠1%Talmon Joseph Smith1%
⁠1%Joe Rennison1%
⁠97%VTD Obituaries (selected)14%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 696
Article count: 1
Publications
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
VTD Obituaries attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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VTD Obituaries vs sitewide
VTD Obituaries attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

Analyzed articles and videos

Kristine Sheathelm Gerson⁠82%
VTDigger⁠9%By VTD Obituaries⁠96%7/17/2026, 11:41:32 PM