The Opinions ⁠37%

6/30/2026, 6:01:17 AM

Topics: Opinion
Keywords: Opinion

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 38.2% saturation with 105 hits. Analysis detected 453 faulty-reasoning hits from 275 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 43.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (13,891 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 63.50% of the article peer group.

Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s Latest Face-Plant 
Trump planned a big party for America. 
It’s not going well. 
By Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle, David French and Derek Arthur 
Thomas L. 
Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal 
How the world views of Jared Kushner and the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran can help explain the issue at the heart of the negotiations. 
By Thomas L. 
Friedman and Daniel J. 
Wakin 
‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: 3 Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book 
Three Opinion writers share their views on “Communion,” the vice president’s new book. 
By E.J. 
Dionne Jr., Carlos Lozada, Michelle Cottle and Vishakha Darbha 
The Spectacle of Trump at 80 
An octogenarian president for a 250-year-old republic. 
By Robert Siegel, E.J. 
Dionne Jr., Peter Wehner and Vishakha Darbha 
The A.I. 
Bubble Is Coming for Your Retirement Account 
The public is about to buy into A.I.’s trillion-dollar promises. 
Are they worth the price? 
By David Wallace-Wells, Natasha Sarin and Jillian Weinberger 
Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat 
And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today. 
By Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle, David French and Derek Arthur 
Why No Kings Isn’t Working 
A case for mourning the American dream. 
By Nadja Spiegelman, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Brock Colyar and Vishakha Darbha 
America Has a Masculinity Crisis 
A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today. 
By Nadja Spiegelman, Frederick Joseph, Ruth Whippman and Vishakha Darbha 
Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’? 
The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party. 
By Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle, David French and Derek Arthur 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.1%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 14.9%The New York Times: 5.8%Framing Effect14.9%This article: 2.5%The New York Times: 0.6%Loss Aversion2.5%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.2%The New York Times: 3.5%Pessimism Bias6.2%This article: 30.9%The New York Times: 9.4%Negativity Bias30.9%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.9%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 6.5%The New York Times: 0.2%Primacy Effect6.5%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 2.2%The New York Times: 0.8%Ad Hominem2.2%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 4.0%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 1.8%The New York Times: 1.2%False Dilemma1.8%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 5.5%The New York Times: 2.7%Hasty Generalization5.5%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 10.5%The New York Times: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion10.5%This article: 1.8%The New York Times: 0.4%Begging the Question1.8%This article: 5.1%The New York Times: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)5.1%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 3.3%The New York Times: 0.2%Composition/Division3.3%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 8.4%The New York Times: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)8.4%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 3.3%The New York Times: 0.1%Middle Ground3.3%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 2.5%The New York Times: 2.1%Unattributed Quote2.5%This article: 6.5%The New York Times: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection6.5%This article: 38.2%The New York Times: 3.8%Biased Writer Voice38.2%This article: 6.9%The New York Times: 0.5%Indoctrination6.9%This article: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 5.1%The New York Times: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias5.1%This article: 2.5%The New York Times: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…2.5%

275 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers7.6%attributed speech254writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageTrump • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageThomas L. • 2 words • 0.0% coverageFriedman • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 27 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWakin • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Friedman

100%flagged-word coverage
11 attributed words52% of attributed speech48% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+63.0 ptsWriter: 37.0%Friedman: 100.0%100.0%Indoctrination-7.5 ptsWriter: 7.5%Friedman: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-7.1 ptsWriter: 7.1%Friedman: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -5.5 ptsWriter: 5.5%Friedman: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -2.8 ptsWriter: 2.8%Friedman: 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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