Speaker summary
44%47 analyzed articles/videos3,122.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Cornyn results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Hasty Generalization, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 4.5% saturation with 242 hits. Analysis detected 3,407.56 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,122.333 analyzed words across 47 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (26,121 of 26,155 speakers). This John Cornyn is better (less manipulative) than 99.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

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1.9% BS Score47 analyzed videos3.1K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.8%2.8%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.4%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump Has to Beg Two GOPers He’s Spurned to Get Blanche Over Finish Line42%
Talking Points Memo89%By Nicole LaFond55%7/21/2026, 10:09:06 PM
Texas’ bite of the microchip industry is growing thanks to public grants, incentives56%
The Texas Tribune12%By Paul Cobler57%7/20/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Blanche meets with Epstein accusers57%
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette23%By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER46% JOEY CAPPELLETTI The Associated Press0%7/18/2026, 8:02:00 AM
Epstein victims blast Trump attorney general nominee Todd Blanche after meeting61%
CNBC55%By Dan Mangan72%7/17/2026, 4:25:26 PM
Blanche meets with Epstein accusers after demand from Republican senator crucial to confirmation40%
Chattanooga Times Free Press0%By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER46% JOEY CAPPELLETTI50% Associated Press60%7/17/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Texas Sen. John Cornyn appears on the fence about Todd Blanche’s nomination to be Trump’s attorney general46%
Houston Public Media11%By Andrew Schneider88%7/17/2026, 11:00:15 AM
John Cornyn calls lack of body cams on ICE agents a mistake79%
Houston Chronicle14%By Jeremy Wallace0%7/17/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Blanche meets with Epstein accusers after demand from Republican senator crucial to confirmation62%
The Manila Times0%By Associated Press60%7/17/2026, 3:04:00 AM
Blanche meets with Epstein accusers after demand from Republican senator crucial to confirmation70%
Union-Bulletin90%By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER46% JOEY CAPPELLETTI50%7/17/2026, 1:01:59 AM
Blanche meets with Epstein accusers after demand from Republican senator crucial to confirmation70%
The Daily News0%By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER46% JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press85%7/17/2026, 1:01:00 AM