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Mitch McConnell’s a massive hypocrite, and who will replace Lindsey Graham? 85%

By Daily Kos Staff96%

7/14/2026, 12:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 53.2% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 477 faulty-reasoning hits from 173 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 76.7% and a BS Rank of 85% (3,294 of 21,176 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 84.40% of the article peer group.

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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 15.6%Daily Kos Staff: 5.0%Daily Kos: 5.7%Confirmation Bias15.6%This article: 5.8%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.7%Anchoring Bias5.8%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 3.4%Daily Kos: 3.3%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.3%Daily Kos: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.7%Daily Kos: 0.9%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.4%Daily Kos: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 6.4%Daily Kos Staff: 21.3%Daily Kos: 9.0%Framing Effect6.4%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 2.5%Daily Kos: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.4%Daily Kos: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 1.1%Daily Kos: 1.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 5.8%Daily Kos Staff: 3.8%Daily Kos: 2.0%Pessimism Bias5.8%This article: 12.7%Daily Kos Staff: 35.1%Daily Kos: 15.4%Negativity Bias12.7%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 1.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 3.1%Daily Kos: 2.6%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 4.1%Daily Kos: 2.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 15.6%Daily Kos Staff: 1.9%Daily Kos: 1.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias15.6%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 1.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 15.6%Daily Kos Staff: 2.9%Daily Kos: 0.8%Horn Effect15.6%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 1.0%Daily Kos: 1.4%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 37.6%Daily Kos Staff: 16.2%Daily Kos: 5.9%Ad Hominem37.6%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 2.0%Daily Kos: 1.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.5%Daily Kos: 3.2%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 2.8%Daily Kos: 2.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.2%Daily Kos: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 30.6%Daily Kos Staff: 14.9%Daily Kos: 9.7%Hasty Generalization30.6%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.6%Daily Kos: 0.5%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 1.9%Daily Kos: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 19.4%Daily Kos: 7.3%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 5.8%Daily Kos Staff: 4.4%Daily Kos: 1.9%Begging the Question5.8%This article: 13.9%Daily Kos Staff: 2.6%Daily Kos: 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)13.9%This article: 3.5%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.5%Tu Quoque3.5%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 1.1%Daily Kos: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 5.8%Daily Kos Staff: 1.4%Daily Kos: 2.1%Anecdotal5.8%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 3.1%Daily Kos: 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.0%Daily Kos: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.3%Daily Kos: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.2%Daily Kos Staff: 2.9%Daily Kos: 2.7%Unattributed Quote5.2%This article: 5.2%Daily Kos Staff: 2.5%Daily Kos: 1.8%Quote-first Misdirection5.2%This article: 53.2%Daily Kos Staff: 48.8%Daily Kos: 23.1%Biased Writer Voice53.2%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 5.6%Daily Kos: 2.1%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 37.6%Daily Kos Staff: 31.8%Daily Kos: 10.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias37.6%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 0.1%Daily Kos: 0.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Daily Kos Staff: 12.0%Daily Kos: 2.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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