Speaker summary
⁠39%9 analyzed articles/videos213 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Center for Strategic and International Studies results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 50.1% saturation with 210 hits. Analysis detected 434.599 faulty-reasoning hits from 213 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,365 of 28,364 speakers). This Center for Strategic and International Studies is better (less manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

28% percentile
025507510028.2% percentile
17.9% BS Score9 analyzed videos213 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.1%50.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.0%10.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.1%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Vox⁠50%By Joshua Keating⁠60%7/21/2026, 3:30:00 AM
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Washington Examiner⁠74%By Burak Oktenli⁠99%7/20/2026, 6:00:00 AM
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Damage To Key US Bases In Gulf So Extensive The Pentagon May Not Rebuild Them⁠80%
ZeroHedge⁠72%By Tyler Durden⁠63%6/26/2026, 3:55:00 AM
The War May Be Ending. What Did Epic Fury Cost?⁠16%
Center for Strategic and International Studies⁠36%By Mark F. Cancian⁠0% Chris H. Park⁠0%6/23/2026, 5:00:00 AM
What Hegseth’s comments at Shangri-La Dialogue say about US foreign policy⁠40%
Al Jazeera⁠59%By Daniel Khalili-Tari⁠0%5/30/2026, 4:07:52 AM
Millions of Satellites⁠62%
CNET⁠47%By Joe Supan⁠0%4/19/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Defense Outlook: A CSIS Series on Strategy⁠16%
www.csis.org⁠36%By Drupal Admin⁠0%1/15/2016, 12:33:17 PM