Keyword summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos449 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ken-Paxton results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 588 hits. Analysis detected 3,240 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,656 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 57% (15,705 of 36,446 keywords). This Ken-Paxton is worse (more manipulative) than 56.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

57% percentile
025507510056.9% percentile
3.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 16.1%16.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.5%0.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 10.6%10.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 2.8%2.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Keyword 16.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 16.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 5.1%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Keyword 4.2%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.33%
ProPublica28%By Zach Despart18%7/24/2026, 3:00:00 PM
Texas appeals court reverses injunction that closed clinics owned by midwife accused of performing abortions45%
CBS News18%By Shawna Mizelle56%7/24/2026, 12:06:15 AM
Border residents wanted crossings reined in. Now Paxton and Talarico face voters wary of deportations26%
The Texas Tribune13%By Alejandro Serrano18%7/23/2026, 10:00:00 AM
The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: July 16-2212%
The Austin Chronicle47%By The Austin Chronicle News Staff15%7/23/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Pressed for answers on scandals, Texas’ Ken Paxton abandons press conference88%
MS NOW95%By Steve Benen95%7/22/2026, 12:50:43 PM
Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn16%
The Texas Tribune13%By Jessica Priest29%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
How a man once ordered to pay libel damages helped launch an investigation into Islamic private schools62%
Dallas Observer68%By Lexi Churchill63% ProPublica-Texas Tribune78%7/21/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Talarico pledges $25 million for Black voter outreach at sometimes tense Houston town hall29%
The Texas Tribune13%By Kayla Guo31%7/20/2026, 7:37:09 PM
Talarico has spirited exchange with Houston voters during U.S. Senate campaign stop59%
Houston Chronicle14%By Jarrod Wardwell56%7/20/2026, 12:13:41 AM
How a man once ordered to pay libel damages helped launch an investigation into Islamic private schools25%
The Texas Tribune13%By Lexi Churchill63%7/18/2026, 3:10:00 AM