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7/11/2026, 6:01:19 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Framing Effect, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18% saturation with 53 hits. Analysis detected 278 faulty-reasoning hits from 295 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 42.5% and a BS Rank of 35% (14,326 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 65.50% of the article peer group.

This week's guests include White House border czar Tom Homan and retired Gen. 
Frank McKenzie, president of The Citadel and former commander of U.S. 
Central Command. 
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the U.S. is "very much in a space race right now" against China, as the two countries vie to land astronauts on the moon and secure a near-permanent presence. 
Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. 
Debra Houry warned the "scientific integrity" of federal health agencies are at risk. 
NCAA President Charlie Baker said he hopes to "dramatically limit" prop betting at the collegiate level and beyond. 
Dr. 
Debra Houry, who resigned in protest from the health agency, said the spread of misinformation impacted lives. 
This week's guests include NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. 
Debra Houry. 
NCAA President Charlie Baker told CBS News he doesn't think the group will need to change its rules on transgender athletes in light of a Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to ban their participation. 
Sen. 
Tim Kaine said guardrails on Pentagon firings could see bipartisan support in Congress, following a string of high-level officers exiting the military during the second Trump administration. 
Republican Sen. 
Bill Cassidy said of HHS Secretary Robert F. 
Kennedy Jr., "If you build public health upon a foundation of lies, then you're going to have the absence of adequate public health." 
Margaret Brennan is the moderator of CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" and the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. 
Brennan began moderating "Face the Nation" in February 2018, becoming only the second woman in the show's six-decade history to hold the role. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 2.2%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 2.5%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 11.5%CBS Miami: 6.1%Framing Effect11.5%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 11.9%CBS Miami: 0.6%Status Quo Bias11.9%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 6.1%CBS Miami: 1.9%Optimism Bias6.1%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.1%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 18.0%CBS Miami: 6.7%Negativity Bias18.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 2.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 7.8%CBS Miami: 0.3%Primacy Effect7.8%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 8.5%CBS Miami: 4.3%Appeal to Authority8.5%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 2.5%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 4.1%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 7.8%CBS Miami: 0.7%Begging the Question7.8%This article: 9.2%CBS Miami: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)9.2%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 5.8%CBS Miami: 1.2%Anecdotal5.8%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 2.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 7.8%CBS Miami: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection7.8%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 1.5%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%CBS Miami: 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

295 words analyzed.

Speakers

5speakers59%attributed speech120writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageJared Isaacman • 34 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageDebra Houry • 13 words • 0.0% coverageCharlie Baker • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageDebra Houry • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageCharlie Baker • 35 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageTim Kaine • 27 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageBill Cassidy • 8 words • 0.0% coverageBill Cassidy • 23 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Bill Cassidy

74%flagged-word coverage
31 attributed words18% of attributed speech40% writer coverage
0%37.5%75.0%Quote-first Misdirection+74.2 ptsWriter: 0.0%Bill Cassidy: 74.2%74.2%

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

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Analysis

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