Publication summary
89%9 analyzed articles/videos8,181 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Talking Points Memo results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 4,018 hits. Analysis detected 31,570 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,453 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 56% (168 of 379 publications). This Talking Points Memo is worse (more manipulative) than 55.80% of the peer group.
Talking Points Memo
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
2%Berkeleyside1%
56%Talking Points Memo (selected)3%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

56% percentile
025507510055.8% percentile
2.1% BS Score9 analyzed articles29.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 12.8%12.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 12.1%12.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 5.1%5.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 13.6%13.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 1.0%1.0%

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: Publication 12.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 13.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 12.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 4.9%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 3.5%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A Key House Dem Breaks Down the White House’s ‘Unfathomable’ Iran War Funding Requests54%
Talking Points Memo89%By Hunter Walker75%7/22/2026, 9:15:38 PM
Is Iran Really a ‘Forever War’?59%
Talking Points Memo89%By Josh Marshall74%7/22/2026, 8:03:29 PM
Trump is an Angry, Violent Man … And Canada is His Battered Wife52%
Talking Points Memo89%By Josh Marshall74%7/21/2026, 10:21:24 PM
Trump Has to Beg Two GOPers He’s Spurned to Get Blanche Over Finish Line42%
Talking Points Memo89%By Nicole LaFond55%7/21/2026, 10:09:06 PM
The Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With Murder50%
Talking Points Memo89%By Madiba K. Dennie79%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM
States Are Feeling the Economic Toll of Trump’s War on the Federal Government70%
Talking Points Memo89%By Layla A. Jones87%7/20/2026, 8:19:58 PM
The Trump Admin’s Global Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ Is Built on a National Security Memo Without Congressional Approval64%
Talking Points Memo89%By Melinda Haas88%7/20/2026, 7:00:00 PM
Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe61%
Talking Points Memo89%By Anna Maria Barry-Jester71% Sharon Lerner92%7/20/2026, 5:43:15 PM
The Outrageous House Republican Move to Enact Trump’s Vote Suppression Proposals By the Backdoor of Budget Reconciliation44%
Talking Points Memo89%By Charles Tiefer0%7/20/2026, 4:52:40 PM