Speaker summary
59% 23 analyzed articles/videos 1,133 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Homeland Security (DHS) results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Negativity Bias , and Unattributed Quote , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.3% saturation with 464 hits . Analysis detected 3,508.861 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,133 analyzed words across 23 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,726 of 28,364 speakers). This Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the peer group. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Speaker details
Total words: 1,133
Article count: 23
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.8% percentile 7.1% BS Score23 analyzed videos1.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 16.1% 16.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 13.0% 13.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 23.1% 23.1% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 12.1% 12.1% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 12.4% 12.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 9.8% 9.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 10.4% 10.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 1.7% 1.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 25.3%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.9%, sitewide 19.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 15.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.4% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 8.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 0.0% Halo Effect: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 4.0% Recency Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst