Speaker summary
⁠27%14 analyzed articles/videos379.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Aviation Administration results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Anchoring Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.8% saturation with 118 hits. Analysis detected 270 faulty-reasoning hits from 379.667 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (25,358 of 26,731 speakers). This Federal Aviation Administration is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.1% percentile
6.8% BS Score14 analyzed videos379.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.8%20.8%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.8%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 6.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Thirty Years Later, FBI Record Exposes a Missing Piece of the TWA Flight 800 Investigation⁠17%
RedState⁠91%By Ben Smith⁠58%7/23/2026, 8:30:37 AM
Boeing & Aerospace⁠49%
The Seattle Times⁠84%7/22/2026, 1:10:38 PM
Logan Airport sees hundreds of delays and cancellations due to thunderstorms⁠48%
Boston.com⁠20%By Samantha Genzer⁠9%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Severe weather threat continues across US; flash flooding kills at least 8⁠47%
KVIA⁠0%By ABC News⁠14%7/19/2026, 7:12:52 PM
SpaceX aborts Starship test flight, sending stock lower⁠49%
CNBC⁠54%By Annie Palmer⁠44%7/16/2026, 11:21:01 PM
Sea plane makes hard landing into the East River Sunday afternoon⁠8%
Gothamist⁠77%By Ramsey Khalifeh⁠0%7/5/2026, 8:15:33 PM
FAA Makes Way For Return Of Supersonic Flight—Minus The Boom⁠33%
Forbes⁠45%By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher⁠0%6/30/2026, 8:22:01 PM
Inside the FBI's battle to keep drones out of World Cup sites amid heightened terrorism fears⁠12%
Los Angeles Times⁠79%By Richard Winton⁠80%6/18/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Skydiver reported near LAX, conjuring memories of ‘jetpack man’⁠25%
Los Angeles Times⁠79%By Terry Castleman⁠40%6/15/2026, 10:12:43 PM
11 skydivers, one pilot killed in Missouri plane crash near airport⁠8%
Fox News⁠88%By Bonny Chu⁠57%6/14/2026, 6:27:12 PM
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