Speaker summary
26%13 analyzed articles/videos519 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Education results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and In-Group Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 142 hits. Analysis detected 725 faulty-reasoning hits from 519 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,864 of 28,364 speakers). This Department of Education 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 Score13 analyzed videos519 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 10.1%10.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%

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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Bridge Michigan58%By Keith Kindred78%7/22/2026, 9:55:05 AM
This Prince George’s County resident fears his dream career may be out of reach with new limits on graduate student loan borrowing24%
WAMU15%By Cremington34%7/22/2026, 9:27:36 AM
‘No good options’: Louisiana school systems search for savings to offset funding cut22%
nola.com8%By PATRICK WALL26%7/20/2026, 2:00:00 AM
US Universities Got Over $300M From Sanctioned China Entities75%
Newsweek36%By Didi Kirsten Tatlow60%7/18/2026, 1:00:00 AM
Eversource, Blumenthal, data centers: CT politics news14%
CT Mirror20%By CT Mirror Staff20%7/17/2026, 2:30:00 PM
New student loan rules take effect July 1. Here's what borrowers should know. - CBS News17%
CBS News19%7/11/2026, 1:30:18 AM
PragerU CEO Applauds Linda McMahon’s Warning to Harvard on DEI70%
Breitbart81%By Alana Mastrangelo0% #author72%7/9/2026, 2:17:09 PM
Trump's Department of Education Celebrates 'American History' With Old Photo From U.K.40%
Gizmodo57%By Matt Novak66%7/8/2026, 4:46:03 PM
Student Loan Repayment: Will Changes Survive Judicial Review?6%
InsideTrack2%By Jay D. Jerde5%7/7/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Here's what Washingtonians need to know about new federal student loan policies24%
KUOW Public Radio73%By Noel Gasca0%7/1/2026, 4:20:16 PM