Speaker summary
⁠29%34 analyzed articles/videos1,462.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chief Justice John Roberts results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 128.119 hits. Analysis detected 528.951 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,462.333 analyzed words across 34 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (28,016 of 28,364 speakers). This Chief Justice John Roberts is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the peer group.
Chief Justice John Roberts

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.2% percentile
3.7% BS Score34 analyzed videos1.5K 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 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 1.0%1.0%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.8%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Alameda County expands the surveillance state with renewal of Flock Safety cameras⁠83%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠14%By Zach A. Brooks⁠0%7/17/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Illinois Will Finally Stop Stripping People of Their Home Equity—3 Years After the Supreme Court Outlawed It⁠64%
Reason.com⁠41%By Billy Binion⁠39%7/16/2026, 9:05:26 PM
The Chilling Ramifications of Clarence Thomas’s Cuckoo Barbara Dissent⁠49%
newrepublic.com⁠72%By Harry Litman⁠0%7/10/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Trump’s Flimsy Argument for his “Triumphal Arch”⁠50%
washingtonmonthly.com⁠52%By James D. Zirin⁠60%7/10/2026, 9:00:00 AM
How the Roberts Court Is Blowing Up American Politics⁠51%
www.thebulwark.com⁠72%By Kim Wehle⁠0%7/9/2026, 9:54:37 AM
Birthright Citizenship Is Not Just for Immigrants⁠42%
www.thebulwark.com⁠72%By Mona Charen⁠46%7/8/2026, 11:05:30 PM
The Roberts court is leading America backward on race.⁠88%
Slate⁠69%By David H. Gans⁠0%7/8/2026, 9:40:00 AM
Heirs of 'odious' 169-year-old Supreme Court ruling see modern parallels⁠35%
NPR⁠84%By Carrie Johnson⁠0%7/7/2026, 9:00:00 AM
The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself⁠46%
Vox⁠50%By Ian Millhiser⁠56%7/3/2026, 10:45:00 AM
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship⁠2%
Brookings⁠33%7/2/2026, 4:00:40 PM
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