Speaker summary
47%31 analyzed articles/videos2,512 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Amy Coney Barrett results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Quote-first Misdirection, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 29.3% saturation with 871.098 hits. Analysis detected 4,206.181 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,512 analyzed words across 31 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,138 of 28,364 speakers). This Amy Coney Barrett is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751000.8% percentile
3.2% BS Score31 analyzed videos2.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.3%29.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 15.1%15.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 0.6%0.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.1%7.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.0%7.0%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.3%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 15.1%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Over 100 House Democrats vote to end military aid to Israel in significant rebuke to US ally – as it happened13%
The Guardian81%By Robert Mackey35% Shrai Popat41% Lucy Campbell52% Tom Ambrose33%7/15/2026, 6:54:01 PM
SC judges tell US Congress their safety is at risk and more be spent on security64%
The Times of India53%By Agencies23%7/14/2026, 8:47:00 PM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety25%
Iowa Public Radio30%By Nina Totenberg78%7/14/2026, 8:19:25 PM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety22%
KUAR20%By Nina Totenberg78%7/14/2026, 8:19:25 PM
Supreme Court justices detail security risks and weigh in on ethics in rare congressional testimony18%
Texarkana Gazette28%7/14/2026, 8:00:00 PM
Supreme Court Justices Tell Congress Their Safety Is At Risk And More Must Be Spent On Security31%
The Yeshiva World43%7/14/2026, 4:00:00 PM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety30%
NPR Las Vegas | Nevada Public Radio (KNPR 88.9)36%By Nina Totenberg78%7/14/2026, 1:19:25 PM
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says her son,12, asked why she had a bulletproof vest after Dobbs leak33%
New York Post89%By Josh Christenson78%7/14/2026, 9:06:59 AM
Justices tell Congress of threats to Supreme Court safety in push for more security30%
AP News53%By LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA12% MICHAEL WARREN8% JEFF McMURRAY33%7/14/2026, 7:57:19 AM
The Latest: Justices testify about Supreme Court security in rare appearance before Congress8%
AP News53%By The Associated Press63%7/14/2026, 5:44:01 AM