Speaker summary
⁠72%19 analyzed articles/videos377.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daily Kos results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 52.4% saturation with 228 hits. Analysis detected 1,084.867 faulty-reasoning hits from 377.333 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (23,742 of 27,801 speakers). This Daily Kos is better (less manipulative) than 85.40% of the peer group.
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Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510014.6% percentile
11.5% BS Score19 analyzed videos377.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 52.4%52.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 47.5%47.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 12.5%12.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 24.7%24.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 52.4%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 24.7%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 6.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 1.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Americans love this terrible idea to fix Congress⁠43%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Andrew Mangan⁠58%7/19/2026, 11:00:00 PM
The soulful sounds of sizzling summer heat waves⁠31%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Denise Oliver Velez⁠14%7/19/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Trump lauds killer ICE agents, and GOP keeps trying to make communism happen⁠76%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Daily Kos Staff⁠97%7/16/2026, 12:00:00 AM
You should see what we’re doing to immigrants⁠81%
Daily Kos⁠84%By David Horsey⁠92%7/15/2026, 11:59:00 PM
Trump can’t let Reflecting Pool drama go, and food prices keep rising⁠91%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Daily Kos Staff⁠97%7/15/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Will Trump make this red state flip blue? - Daily Kos⁠60%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Andrew Mangan⁠58%7/12/2026, 11:00:00 PM
He’s suspected of hiring a Venezuelan gang for a political killing. Trump officials still work with him. - Daily Kos⁠26%
Daily Kos⁠84%By ProPublica⁠26%7/11/2026, 7:00:00 PM
Trump’s ire finds a worthy target⁠74%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Daily Kos Staff⁠97%7/10/2026, 11:00:00 PM
Will Trump airport branding cause Palm Beach businesses to suffer? - Daily Kos⁠80%
Daily Kos⁠84%By Oliver Willis⁠93%7/10/2026, 7:00:00 PM
Voters on SNAP are sad after voting for anti-SNAP party - Daily Kos⁠49%
Daily Kos⁠84%By kos⁠74%7/9/2026, 11:01:00 PM
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