Tommy Vietor: Democrats’ Way Forward on Israel ⁠48%

By Sarah Longwell⁠92% Tommy Vietor⁠0%

7/11/2026, 10:01:34 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Loss Aversion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 35.9% saturation with 128 hits. Analysis detected 363 faulty-reasoning hits from 357 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 49.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (10,665 of 20,444 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 52.20% of the article peer group.

Sarah Longwell and Tommy Vietor 
Many Democratic primaries in 2026 have been hashing out America’s relationship with Israel, because Democratic voters' opinions of Israel have taken a nosedive the last three years. 
Pod Save America and Pod Save the World co-host Tommy Vietor joins Sarah to discuss the role Israel-related politics has played in the 2026 midterms, and the role it may play in the next presidential primaries. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 10.8%The Bulwark: 5.4%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.9%The Bulwark: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 3.6%The Bulwark: 3.1%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 5.6%Sarah Longwell: 0.7%The Bulwark: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic5.6%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.8%The Bulwark: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 3.4%Sarah Longwell: 14.7%The Bulwark: 7.0%Framing Effect3.4%This article: 8.7%Sarah Longwell: 2.1%The Bulwark: 0.6%Loss Aversion8.7%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.9%The Bulwark: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.5%The Bulwark: 1.5%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.1%The Bulwark: 2.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 12.0%Sarah Longwell: 25.9%The Bulwark: 11.5%Negativity Bias12.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.7%The Bulwark: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 3.6%The Bulwark: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 3.2%The Bulwark: 3.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.3%The Bulwark: 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 1.4%Sarah Longwell: 0.5%The Bulwark: 1.0%Halo Effect1.4%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 3.8%The Bulwark: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.8%The Bulwark: 1.6%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.1%The Bulwark: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 9.0%The Bulwark: 3.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.9%The Bulwark: 0.8%Straw Man0.0%This article: 3.9%Sarah Longwell: 0.9%The Bulwark: 3.6%Appeal to Authority3.9%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.4%The Bulwark: 2.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.1%The Bulwark: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 2.0%Sarah Longwell: 12.5%The Bulwark: 8.4%Hasty Generalization2.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 2.5%The Bulwark: 0.6%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.3%The Bulwark: 0.5%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 12.9%The Bulwark: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 2.0%The Bulwark: 1.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 7.6%Sarah Longwell: 3.4%The Bulwark: 2.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)7.6%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.7%The Bulwark: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.8%The Bulwark: 2.2%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.4%The Bulwark: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 5.6%Sarah Longwell: 2.4%The Bulwark: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)5.6%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.4%The Bulwark: 0.3%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.9%The Bulwark: 2.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 1.5%The Bulwark: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 11.8%Sarah Longwell: 27.0%The Bulwark: 15.4%Biased Writer Voice11.8%This article: 3.9%Sarah Longwell: 7.3%The Bulwark: 2.9%Indoctrination3.9%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 14.5%The Bulwark: 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 2.3%The Bulwark: 0.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 35.9%Sarah Longwell: 28.5%The Bulwark: 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…35.9%

357 words analyzed.

Speakers

11speakers46%attributed speech194writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Tommy Vietor • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 27 words • 0.0% coverageTommy Vietor • 36 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageSarah Longwell • 14 words • 0.0% coverageSarah Longwell • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ • 9 words • 100.0% coverageCrooked Media • 4 words • 100.0% coverageHeather Cox Richardson • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageKyle Clark • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coveragePatrick Svitek • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageRachel Janfaza • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageAmy Walter • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coveragePeter Hamby • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageAdam Jentleson • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Amy Walter

100%flagged-word coverage
7 attributed words4.3% of attributed speech73% writer coverage
0%25.0%50.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -45.9 ptsWriter: 45.9%Amy Walter: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-12.9 ptsWriter: 12.9%Amy Walter: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-7.2 ptsWriter: 7.2%Amy Walter: 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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