The Argument ⁠31%

By Jane Coaston⁠0%

7/4/2026, 6:01:25 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 25 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, False Dilemma, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.8% saturation with 57 hits. Analysis detected 567 faulty-reasoning hits from 262 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 40.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (15,226 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 69.60% of the article peer group.

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Has Donald Trump Lost His Grip on the Republican Party? 
Two conservative writers, Ross Douthat and Kevin D. 
Williamson, join Jane Coaston to discuss Trump’s odds and Ron DeSantis’s rise. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 6.1%Jane Coaston: 1.5%The New York Times: 1.7%Confirmation Bias6.1%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 16.8%Jane Coaston: 4.9%The New York Times: 2.1%Availability Heuristic16.8%This article: 9.9%Jane Coaston: 2.5%The New York Times: 0.6%Representativeness Heuristic9.9%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 21.8%Jane Coaston: 13.9%The New York Times: 5.8%Framing Effect21.8%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 10.7%Jane Coaston: 2.7%The New York Times: 0.4%Status Quo Bias10.7%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 9.2%Jane Coaston: 2.3%The New York Times: 2.7%Optimism Bias9.2%This article: 4.2%Jane Coaston: 1.0%The New York Times: 3.5%Pessimism Bias4.2%This article: 12.6%Jane Coaston: 5.2%The New York Times: 9.4%Negativity Bias12.6%This article: 5.3%Jane Coaston: 2.7%The New York Times: 1.3%Self-Serving Bias5.3%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 8.4%Jane Coaston: 2.1%The New York Times: 1.1%In-Group Bias8.4%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 1.2%The New York Times: 0.9%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 6.1%Jane Coaston: 1.5%The New York Times: 1.1%Recency Bias6.1%This article: 4.2%Jane Coaston: 1.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Primacy Effect4.2%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 8.8%Jane Coaston: 2.2%The New York Times: 4.0%Appeal to Authority8.8%This article: 16.0%Jane Coaston: 5.2%The New York Times: 1.2%False Dilemma16.0%This article: 2.7%Jane Coaston: 1.3%The New York Times: 0.8%Slippery Slope2.7%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 5.0%Jane Coaston: 2.5%The New York Times: 2.7%Hasty Generalization5.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 4.6%Jane Coaston: 1.1%The New York Times: 0.2%Bandwagon4.6%This article: 2.7%Jane Coaston: 0.7%The New York Times: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion2.7%This article: 6.1%Jane Coaston: 2.9%The New York Times: 0.4%Begging the Question6.1%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 10.3%Jane Coaston: 2.6%The New York Times: 1.0%Anecdotal10.3%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 5.3%Jane Coaston: 1.3%The New York Times: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)5.3%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 7.3%Jane Coaston: 5.4%The New York Times: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection7.3%This article: 15.3%Jane Coaston: 6.5%The New York Times: 3.8%Biased Writer Voice15.3%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 1.3%The New York Times: 0.5%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 9.5%Jane Coaston: 2.4%The New York Times: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias9.5%This article: 7.6%Jane Coaston: 1.9%The New York Times: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias7.6%This article: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

262 words analyzed.

Speakers

8speakers45%attributed speech145writer words
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Writer's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageJane Coaston • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageNick Kristof • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageBhaskar Sunkara • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageRoss Douthat • 8 words • 100.0% coverageJane Coaston • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageTim Miller • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageNate Silver • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageJamelle Bouie • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageAndrew Yang • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Jane Coaston

100%flagged-word coverage
28 attributed words24% of attributed speech80% writer coverage
0%30.0%60.0%Biased Writer Voice+40.6 ptsWriter: 16.6%Jane Coaston: 57.1%57.1%Politically Right Leaning +42.9 ptsWriter: 0.0%Jane Coaston: 42.9%42.9%Quote-first Misdirection-13.1 ptsWriter: 13.1%Jane Coaston: 0.0%0.0%Politically Left Leaning B-9.7 ptsWriter: 9.7%Jane Coaston: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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