Speaker summary
⁠59%11 analyzed articles/videos352.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Electronic Frontier Foundation results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 34.2% saturation with 176 hits. Analysis detected 805.869 faulty-reasoning hits from 352.667 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (21,385 of 26,281 speakers). This Electronic Frontier Foundation is better (less manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510018.6% percentile
13.5% BS Score11 analyzed videos352.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 34.2%34.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 11.7%11.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 24.0%24.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 23.3%23.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 6.4%6.4%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 34.2%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 23.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 0.8%Slippery Slope: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Google comes out against site blocking in the EU⁠52%
mashable.com⁠68%7/12/2026, 5:19:28 PM
Exclusive: The Next Frontier of the Deportation Wars: College Campuses⁠55%
www.thebulwark.com⁠73%By Adrian Carrasquillo⁠72%7/11/2026, 2:02:27 PM
Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine - Ars Technica⁠28%
Ars Technica⁠20%By Jeremy Hsu⁠24%7/10/2026, 10:37:22 PM
Behind the Blog: With Blogs Like These⁠28%
404 Media⁠45%By Samantha Cole⁠60%7/3/2026, 10:00:02 AM
Democrats' First 'Project 2029' Proposal: More Government Control Over Social Media⁠47%
Reason.com⁠38%By Meagan O'Rourke⁠65%6/30/2026, 6:17:16 PM
Privacy Advocates Raise Alarm Over Online Age Verification Provisions as House Passes KIDS Act⁠55%
Common Dreams⁠95%By Julia Conley⁠82%6/30/2026, 12:17:57 PM
Supreme Court Extends Privacy Protections to Phone Location Data⁠23%
KQED⁠59%By Ayah Ali-Ahmad⁠76%6/30/2026, 11:00:47 AM
Stanford Graduates Walking Out On The Google CEO Wasn’t A Protest. It Was A Paradigm Shift In How A Generation Exercises Power⁠18%
Forbes⁠45%By Maia Niguel Hoskin⁠0%6/26/2026, 12:15:00 PM
San Francisco Resident’s Tour of Surveillance Infrastructure Shows System ‘Greater Than Sum of Its Parts’⁠46%
KQED⁠59%By Samantha Kennedy⁠25%6/22/2026, 12:36:20 AM
He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border⁠12%
The Markup⁠0%By Wendy Fry⁠42% Khari Johnson⁠0%3/6/2026, 8:00:00 AM
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