Speaker summary
⁠35%6 analyzed articles/videos504.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Al Schmidt results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including No True Scotsman, Self-Serving Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 27.4% saturation with 186 hits. Analysis detected 555 faulty-reasoning hits from 504.5 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (24,430 of 27,710 speakers). This Al Schmidt is better (less manipulative) than 88.20% of the peer group.
Al Schmidt
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510011.8% percentile
10.2% BS Score6 analyzed videos504.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 27.4%27.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 2.4%2.4%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 27.4%, sitewide 11.1%No True Scotsman: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

DOJ says it needs New Jersey’s voter database to verify that more noncitizens aren’t registered to vote⁠21%
The Philadelphia Inquirer⁠21%By Abraham Gutman⁠15%7/22/2026, 10:24:09 PM
What to know about the Trump administration's claim that 250K non-citizens are registered to vote in 4 states⁠35%
CBS News⁠18%By Melissa Quinn⁠53%7/18/2026, 1:48:03 AM
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls⁠24%
PolitiFact⁠5%By Louis Jacobson⁠16%7/17/2026, 9:56:37 PM
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls⁠37%
Politifact⁠5%By Amy Sherman⁠10% Louis Jacobson⁠16%7/17/2026, 9:56:37 PM
FactChecking Trump’s Election Security Speech⁠24%
FactCheck.org⁠2%By D'Angelo Gore⁠14%7/17/2026, 9:42:16 PM
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls⁠24%
PolitiFact⁠5%By Louis Jacobson⁠16% Amy Sherman⁠10%7/17/2026, 12:00:00 AM