Speaker summary
34%13 analyzed articles/videos934.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Erica Schwartz results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Overconfidence Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 240 hits. Analysis detected 1,545.974 faulty-reasoning hits from 934.333 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,931 of 28,364 speakers). This Erica Schwartz is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the peer group.
Erica Schwartz

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.5% percentile
4.1% BS Score13 analyzed videos934.3 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 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.2%7.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 1.0%1.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.8%11.8%

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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Middle Ground: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing33%
Ars Technica23%By Beth Mole30%7/16/2026, 10:33:24 PM
Trump’s CDC Nominee Praises Vaccines, Without Vowing Independence From Kennedy56%
KFF Health News23%By Rachel Spears48%7/16/2026, 8:22:23 PM
Senators press CDC nominee on cyclosporiasis outbreak, vaccine policy38%
Chemical & Engineering News0%7/16/2026, 4:09:48 PM
In Defense of Data Centers. The Vulgar Questions About Lindsey Graham. Plus. . .13%
The Free Press71%By The Free Press22%7/16/2026, 10:00:47 AM
At key hearing, Kennedy’s ouster of former CDC director looms over nominee to replace her75%
STAT44%By Chelsea Cirruzzo80%7/15/2026, 8:26:04 PM
CDC nominee sidesteps questions on standing up to Kennedy on vaccines75%
Honolulu Star-Advertiser0%By Reuters69%7/15/2026, 7:36:00 PM
Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Latest as officials seek source, cases rise29%
Yahoo News39%By Sara Moniuszko39% USA TODAY13%7/15/2026, 2:19:05 PM
CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faced questions in Senate hearing50%
KRCU Public Radio0%By Pien Huang59%7/15/2026, 9:00:00 AM
CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faced questions in Senate hearing40%
KPBS Public Media0%By Pien Huang59%7/15/2026, 9:00:00 AM
CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faced questions in Senate hearing48%
KLCC0%By Pien Huang59%7/15/2026, 9:00:00 AM