Publication summary
90%14 analyzed articles/videos11,913 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Talking Points Memo results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 5,891 hits. Analysis detected 45,917 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,633 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 60% (167 of 410 publications). This Talking Points Memo is worse (more manipulative) than 59.40% of the peer group.
Talking Points Memo
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%Capital B News1%
1%Spotlight Delaware1%
1%The Banner1%
60%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%
Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

59% percentile
025507510059.4% percentile
2.1% BS Score14 analyzed articles41.6K 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 12.6%12.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 6.1%6.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 14.2%14.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 12.7%12.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.1%1.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Publication 6.7%6.7%

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 12.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 12.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 14.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 6.7%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Federal Judge Rules That FDA’s Mifepristone Restrictions Are Excessive, Unscientific and Unlawful68%
Talking Points Memo90%By Kate Riga94%7/24/2026, 6:27:04 PM
Extremely Online: Minnesota ‘Antifa’ Cases Born of Internet Beef With Far-right Activists34%
Talking Points Memo90%By Josh Kovensky47%7/24/2026, 5:32:03 PM
Troy Jackson Cruises Towards Maine Senate Nomination91%
Talking Points Memo90%By Kate Riga94%7/24/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Election Deniers’ Grip on the Republican Party Strengthens in Arizona65%
TPM – Talking Points Memo90%By Khaya Himmelman85%7/23/2026, 6:00:00 PM
Tennessee Gerrymandering Challenge Fails, Just as Supreme Court Intended71%
Talking Points Memo90%By Kate Riga94%7/23/2026, 2:12:26 PM
A Key House Dem Breaks Down the White House’s ‘Unfathomable’ Iran War Funding Requests55%
Talking Points Memo90%By Hunter Walker75%7/22/2026, 9:15:38 PM
Is Iran Really a ‘Forever War’?60%
Talking Points Memo90%By Josh Marshall74%7/22/2026, 8:03:29 PM
Trump is an Angry, Violent Man … And Canada is His Battered Wife52%
Talking Points Memo90%By Josh Marshall74%7/21/2026, 10:21:24 PM
Trump Has to Beg Two GOPers He’s Spurned to Get Blanche Over Finish Line43%
Talking Points Memo90%By Nicole LaFond56%7/21/2026, 10:09:06 PM
The Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With Murder51%
Talking Points Memo90%By Madiba K. Dennie79%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM