Speaker summary
⁠73%1 analyzed article/video44 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jane Coaston results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Begging the Question as the most egregious example at 36.4% saturation with 16 hits. Analysis detected 96 faulty-reasoning hits from 44 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 31.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠49% (14,460 of 28,364 speakers). This Jane Coaston is better (less manipulative) than 51.00% of the peer group.
Jane Coaston
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Speaker details
Total words: 44
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

49% percentile
025507510049.0% percentile
31.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos44 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 36.4%36.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 36.4%36.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 36.4%36.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 27.3%27.3%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 27.3%27.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 27.3%27.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 27.3%27.3%

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%Begging the Question: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 27.3%, sitewide 9.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 27.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 27.3%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 27.3%, sitewide 1.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Argument⁠31%
The New York Times⁠0%By Jane Coaston⁠0%7/4/2026, 6:01:25 AM