Speaker summary
49%32 analyzed articles/videos2,314.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Cassidy results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 265.875 hits. Analysis detected 2,971.188 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,314.667 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,657 of 25,753 speakers). This Bill Cassidy is better (less manipulative) than 99.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

0% percentile
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2.5% BS Score32 analyzed videos2.3K 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.8%7.8%

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: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Social Security faces a 2032 shortfall. Newly retired couples could lose $17,000 a year if Congress doesn't act.57%
Yahoo News37%By Jasmine Andersson15%7/17/2026, 4:23:04 PM
Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing32%
Ars Technica18%By Beth Mole31%7/16/2026, 10:33:24 PM
$95B price tag of Republican budget resolution questioned76%
The Sanford Herald62%By Thérèse Boudreaux0%7/16/2026, 9:25:00 PM
Speaker Johnson's latest challenge: Funding Trump's war in Iran68%
ABC News17%By John Parkinson0% Lauren Peller0%7/16/2026, 9:01:51 PM
Trump’s CDC Nominee Praises Vaccines, Without Vowing Independence From Kennedy55%
KFF Health News22%By Rachel Spears47%7/16/2026, 8:22:23 PM
Senators press CDC nominee on cyclosporiasis outbreak, vaccine policy37%
Chemical & Engineering News0%7/16/2026, 4:09:48 PM
HHS Nominees Receive Icy Senate Reception54%
The Dispatch26%By Grayson Logue59%7/16/2026, 6:47:00 AM
CDC nominee sidesteps questions on standing up to Kennedy on vaccines75%
Honolulu Star-Advertiser0%By Reuters68%7/15/2026, 7:36:00 PM
Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Latest as officials seek source, cases rise28%
Yahoo News37%By Sara Moniuszko38% USA TODAY13%7/15/2026, 2:19:05 PM
A Rare Bipartisan Push to Fix Social Security Emerges in the Senate as 2032 Funding Deadline and $500 Cut Threat Loom53%
Benzinga0%By Tanya Rawat0%7/15/2026, 8:09:57 AM