Speaker summary
43%23 analyzed articles/videos718.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Congress results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Overconfidence Bias, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 276 hits. Analysis detected 1,949 faulty-reasoning hits from 718.5 analyzed words across 23 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,858 of 28,364 speakers). This Congress is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.8% percentile
4.3% BS Score23 analyzed videos718.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%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%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 3.3%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Composition/Division: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Immigration advocates sue federal government over removal of fee waivers for neglected kids37%
Courthouse News Service19%By Margaret Attridge28%7/23/2026, 12:39:42 AM
Iran War Updates: U.S. launches 12th straight night of strikes as threats to oil trade deepen8%
CBS News19%By Frank Andrews13% Joe Walsh17% Mark Osborne13% Tucker Reals17%7/22/2026, 11:49:58 PM
Treasury intercepts nearly $99M in federal payments to deceased individuals under Trump fraud order76%
Fox Business92%By Kristen Altus94%7/21/2026, 12:20:47 PM
Farmers are struggling to turn a profit. How does it compare to the farm crisis in the '80s?39%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Hope Kirwan34%7/20/2026, 9:00:00 AM
DOJ says it's no longer illegal to download TikTok on federal devices43%
CBS News19%By Joe Walsh17%7/18/2026, 3:53:39 AM
What to know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak as Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce89%
CBS News98%7/17/2026, 10:53:31 PM
Today in History: July 17, Russian Czar and his family executed3%
The Mercury News22%By Associated Press60%7/17/2026, 8:00:42 AM
A Dangerous Game in the Arctic63%
Foreign Affairs46%By Heather A. Conley0%7/17/2026, 4:00:00 AM
America’s Trillion-Dollar Failure81%
Foreign Affairs46%By Ro Khanna0%7/17/2026, 4:00:00 AM
ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On.36%
The Intercept80%By Karl Loftus23%7/16/2026, 6:05:34 PM