Speaker summary
50%20 analyzed articles/videos652.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Homeland Security results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 48.4% saturation with 520 hits. Analysis detected 1,522.168 faulty-reasoning hits from 652.667 analyzed words across 20 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (25,638 of 26,781 speakers). This Homeland Security is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.3% percentile
6.2% BS Score20 analyzed videos652.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 48.4%48.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.4%13.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 6.8%6.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 5.4%5.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.1%6.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 48.4%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.4%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.1%Tu Quoque: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump Faces The Ugly Facts About American ‘Democracy’87%
American Thinker93%By Joseph Ford Cotto98%7/21/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers70%
The Intercept81%By Sam Biddle82%7/20/2026, 9:48:00 AM
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls23%
PolitiFact4%By Louis Jacobson16%7/17/2026, 9:56:37 PM
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls36%
Politifact4%By Amy Sherman9% Louis Jacobson16%7/17/2026, 9:56:37 PM
Maine shooting and officer's background raise new questions about ICE's rapid hiring26%
The Independent43%By Rebecca Santana20%7/17/2026, 12:40:01 AM
David Brouillette, ICE agent in deadly Maine shooting, was Army vet44%
BostonGlobe.com27%By Lea Skene56% Nick Stoico60% Camilo Fonseca60%7/17/2026, 12:05:47 AM
Tim Walz offers strange defense for pardoning convicted child rapist Trump admin deported16%
Fox News87%7/16/2026, 1:03:14 AM
Trump overturns ICE pause on traffic stops, sources say85%
ABC News99%7/16/2026, 12:41:56 AM
ICE shot and killed a motorist in Maine. Advocates say he's a 26-year-old from Colombia35%
Chicago Sun-Times34%By AP40%7/14/2026, 1:22:09 AM
What we still don't know about the ICE shooting in Houston16%
The Texas Tribune12%By Alex Nguyen36%7/13/2026, 10:29:19 PM