Speaker summary
⁠76%6 analyzed articles/videos97 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Barrasso results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 94.5 hits. Analysis detected 130.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 97 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 70.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (5,801 of 28,364 speakers). This John Barrasso is worse (more manipulative) than 79.60% of the peer group.
John Barrasso

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

80% percentile
025507510079.6% percentile
70.7% BS Score6 analyzed videos97 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 41.4%41.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Halo Effect: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 41.4%, sitewide 15.9%Halo EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

DC medical examiner’s early findings show Sen. Lindsey Graham died from an aorta rupture stemming from hardening of his arteries⁠26%
fortune.com⁠54%By Seung Min Kim⁠56% Mary Clare Jalonick⁠22% Meg Kinnard⁠10% The Associated Press⁠63%7/12/2026, 3:07:10 PM
Sen. Lindsey Graham⁠4%
wtop.com⁠32%By WTOP Staff⁠29%7/12/2026, 9:09:11 AM
SC Sen. Lindsey Graham, close Trump ally, dies after sudden illness⁠2%
Tampa Bay Times⁠13%By Associated Press⁠60%7/12/2026, 7:33:44 AM
Influential Sen. Lindsey Graham⁠20%
AP News⁠53%By Seung Min Kim⁠56% Mary Clare Jalonick⁠22% Meg Kinnard⁠10%7/11/2026, 11:38:43 PM
Influential Sen. Lindsey Graham⁠4%
AP News⁠53%By Seung Min Kim⁠56% Mary Clare Jalonick⁠22% Meg Kinnard⁠10%7/11/2026, 11:38:43 PM
Sen. Lindsey Graham likely died after aorta tear⁠4%
Yahoo News⁠39%By SEUNG MIN KIM⁠56% MARY CLARE JALONICK⁠22% MEG KINNARD⁠10%7/11/2026, 11:38:42 PM