You Will Not Believe How Often Trump Defended Sex Criminals ⁠75%

By Tim Miller⁠91% Sarah Longwell⁠92%

7/10/2026, 11:02:38 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 41.7% saturation with 108 hits. Analysis detected 717 faulty-reasoning hits from 259 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 67.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (5,122 of 20,496 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 75.00% of the article peer group.

Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell 
Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller take on Donald Trump’s decades-long habit of defending men accused of sexual assault and misconduct. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 7.7%Tim Miller: 4.2%The Bulwark: 5.8%Confirmation Bias7.7%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 6.6%Tim Miller: 2.6%The Bulwark: 3.0%Availability Heuristic6.6%This article: 7.7%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic7.7%This article: 3.5%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Hindsight Bias3.5%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.8%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 26.6%Tim Miller: 9.4%The Bulwark: 6.9%Framing Effect26.6%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.9%Tim Miller: 1.0%The Bulwark: 1.6%Optimism Bias3.9%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.6%The Bulwark: 2.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 41.7%Tim Miller: 16.3%The Bulwark: 11.4%Negativity Bias41.7%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.5%The Bulwark: 0.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.5%The Bulwark: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 10.0%Tim Miller: 7.8%The Bulwark: 3.0%In-Group Bias10.0%This article: 15.1%Tim Miller: 0.4%The Bulwark: 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias15.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.1%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 2.7%The Bulwark: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.5%Tim Miller: 1.7%The Bulwark: 1.6%Recency Bias8.5%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.4%The Bulwark: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 16.2%Tim Miller: 4.1%The Bulwark: 3.3%Ad Hominem16.2%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.8%The Bulwark: 0.8%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 3.5%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.3%False Dilemma3.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 18.1%Tim Miller: 8.1%The Bulwark: 8.3%Hasty Generalization18.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 1.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 13.1%Tim Miller: 6.1%The Bulwark: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion13.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 3.1%The Bulwark: 1.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.3%The Bulwark: 2.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 1.6%The Bulwark: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 3.9%Tim Miller: 0.3%The Bulwark: 2.2%Anecdotal3.9%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.6%The Bulwark: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 7.7%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.1%Unattributed Quote7.7%This article: 6.9%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection6.9%This article: 36.7%Tim Miller: 22.9%The Bulwark: 15.4%Biased Writer Voice36.7%This article: 7.3%Tim Miller: 1.0%The Bulwark: 2.8%Indoctrination7.3%This article: 3.1%Tim Miller: 17.5%The Bulwark: 5.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias3.1%This article: 0.0%Tim Miller: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 29.3%Tim Miller: 16.4%The Bulwark: 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…29.3%

259 words analyzed.

Speakers

5speakers47%attributed speech138writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageTim Miller • 5 words • 0.0% coverageSarah Longwell • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 15 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 11 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageTim Miller • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageCatherine Rampell • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageTim Miller • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageSam Stein • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageSam Stein • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageSam Stein • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageCatherine Rampell • 5 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Sarah Longwell

100%flagged-word coverage
20 attributed words17% of attributed speech99% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Sarah Longwell: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-68.8 ptsWriter: 68.8%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -23.9 ptsWriter: 23.9%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-13.0 ptsWriter: 13.0%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-5.8 ptsWriter: 5.8%Sarah Longwell: 0.0%0.0%Politically Left Leaning B-5.8 ptsWriter: 5.8%Sarah Longwell: 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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