Speaker summary
49%17 analyzed articles/videos375.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Janet Mills results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Pessimism Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 34.9% saturation with 157.745 hits. Analysis detected 919.408 faulty-reasoning hits from 375.667 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of 9% (25,920 of 28,364 speakers). This Janet Mills is better (less manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.6% percentile
8.6% BS Score17 analyzed videos375.7 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 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 34.9%34.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 13.6%13.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 9.2%9.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 34.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 2.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Red Herring: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Democrats Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency.74%
Truthout74%By Mike Ludwig79%7/23/2026, 1:24:01 PM
Collins says Democrats want ICE reforms they rejected90%
Semafor84%By Burgess Everett57%7/15/2026, 1:57:43 PM
ICE should keep making traffic stops despite recent shootings, Trump says22%
The Denver Post13%By The Associated Press63%7/15/2026, 4:43:49 AM
ICE Is Still Killing People. Susan Is Still Concerned.85%
Common Dreams96%By Abby Zimet94%7/14/2026, 6:45:57 PM
New York Becomes the First State To Ban New Data Centers31%
Reason.com41%By Tosin Akintola51%7/14/2026, 3:13:44 PM
ICE Targeted Wrong Person in Fatal Maine Shooting51%
The New Republic72%By Hafiz Rashid68%7/14/2026, 6:08:31 AM
New York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts — first US state to implement moratorium; will also pursue repealing tax exemptions52%
Tom's Hardware50%By Jowi Morales76%7/14/2026, 5:17:43 AM
New York enacts first US ban on data center construction27%
Engadget42%By Steve Dent38%7/14/2026, 3:47:51 AM
Protests ERUPT in Maine after another lethal shooting during ICE raid36%
The Blaze79%By Carlos Garcia64%7/13/2026, 2:20:11 PM
Colombian Man in Maine Reportedly Killed by ICE Agents25%
Mother Jones51%By Noah Lanard28% Sophie Hurwitz63%7/13/2026, 12:08:13 PM