Speaker summary
49%60 analyzed articles/videos3,804 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Greg Abbott results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Overconfidence Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 498.161 hits. Analysis detected 6,304.604 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,804 analyzed words across 60 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 1% (26,711 of 26,862 speakers). This Greg Abbott is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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2.8% BS Score60 analyzed videos3.8K 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 9.2%9.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.9%2.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 8.7%8.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 1.8%1.8%

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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump vows to cut costs of utilities49%
The Vindicator23%By The Associated Press64%7/24/2026, 12:00:00 AM
East Texas data center project pulled after facing community backlash32%
The Texas Tribune12%By Jess Huff35%7/23/2026, 7:06:26 PM
The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: July 16-2212%
The Austin Chronicle48%By The Austin Chronicle News Staff15%7/23/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Higher education agency prepares to cut 3% of spending as ordered by Texas leaders44%
The Texas Tribune12%By Sneha Dey1%7/23/2026, 12:32:11 AM
Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn5%
Houston Public Media12%By Jessica Priest29% Texas Tribune7%7/22/2026, 12:26:11 PM
Last year’s Hill Country floods traumatized Texas first responders. Then the skies opened again.19%
The Texas Tribune12%By Ellie Ashby4%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Texas invested billions to fight cancer. Abbott’s H-1B visas restrictions may stall research, some warn16%
The Texas Tribune12%By Jessica Priest29%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Gov. Greg Abbott orders state health agencies to crack down on ‘birth tourism’81%
Houston Public Media12%By Andrew Schneider88%7/21/2026, 8:51:28 PM
How a man once ordered to pay libel damages helped launch an investigation into Islamic private schools62%
Dallas Observer68%By Lexi Churchill64% ProPublica-Texas Tribune78%7/21/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster30%
KTBB45%7/21/2026, 3:15:00 AM