Speaker summary
80%29 analyzed articles/videos616 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CNBC results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Indoctrination, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 40.3% saturation with 362.219 hits. Analysis detected 2,113.167 faulty-reasoning hits from 616 analyzed words across 29 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.2% and a BS Rank of 12% (25,033 of 28,364 speakers). This CNBC is better (less manipulative) than 88.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510011.7% percentile
10.2% BS Score29 analyzed videos616 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 47.7%47.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 40.3%40.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.0%16.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 9.6%9.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 47.7%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 40.3%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.1%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

States Are Feeling the Economic Toll of Trump’s War on the Federal Government71%
Talking Points Memo90%By Layla A. Jones86%7/20/2026, 1:19:58 PM
Amazon’s Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke59%
Futurism88%By Frank Landymore67%7/19/2026, 6:30:00 AM
What’s Working: Where to find Colorado homeowners insurance discounts and grants22%
The Colorado Sun6%By Tamara Chuang23%7/18/2026, 3:00:00 AM
SpaceX Has Lost $1 Trillion in Value Since Its Post-IPO Peak88%
Gizmodo57%By Matt Novak66%7/17/2026, 10:50:16 AM
Chip stock sell-off, Netflix earnings, Trump's approval rating and more in Morning Squawk41%
CNBC54%By Alex Harring0%7/17/2026, 5:35:44 AM
Short Sellers Are Having a Field Day Betting Against SpaceX as Shares Continue to Slip78%
Futurism88%By Frank Landymore67%7/16/2026, 2:04:49 PM
A South Korean Labor Union Is in Revolt Over Robots, or Maybe It’s Surrendering to Them63%
Gizmodo57%By Mike Pearl73%7/16/2026, 2:00:44 AM
US gov't allows Chinese telecom giant ZTE to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips — firm joins Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance in access to Hopper tech70%
Tom's Hardware50%By Bruno Ferreira85%7/14/2026, 12:46:26 PM
Texas storms raise flood threat early in the week. Resources activate.7%
Houston Chronicle16%By Sondra Hernandez6% Staff Writer10%7/13/2026, 5:25:56 AM
Fatal crash closes all southbound lanes on Eastex Freeway at Beltway9%
Houston Chronicle16%By Tanya Babbar14% Staff Writer10%7/12/2026, 4:20:58 PM