Speaker summary
42%77 analyzed articles/videos2,099.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Justice Department results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 303.736 hits. Analysis detected 3,003.504 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,099.667 analyzed words across 77 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,079 of 28,364 speakers). This Justice Department is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.0% percentile
3.5% BS Score77 analyzed videos2.1K 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 10.9%10.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.6%3.6%

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 10.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 2.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriter10%
Newsday55%By The Associated Press63%7/24/2026, 4:03:58 PM
A Viral Video Claims Los Angeles Paid a Chinese-Owned Hotel $154 a Night Per Room Regardless of Occupancy — the Owner Has a DOJ Conviction for Bribery64%
The Daily Dot53%By Sayantan47%7/24/2026, 4:47:41 AM
Trump DOJ withdraws subpoenas targeting New York Times journalists amid leak probe17%
Fox News89%7/23/2026, 6:01:24 PM
New York Times Subpoena Fight Marks Latest Clash in Trump's Legal War with US Media Over Air Force One Probe46%
International Business Times UK65%By Bernadette B. Tixon73%7/23/2026, 2:20:01 PM
DOJ withdraws NYT reporters’ subpoenas after judge calls it ‘sloppy legal work’44%
The Independent68%By Michael R. Sisak16% Eric Tucker35% Larry Neumeister21%7/23/2026, 1:00:24 PM
Government withdraws subpoenas of 3 reporters for The New York Times after admitting legal errors24%
AP News53%By MICHAEL R. SISAK16% ERIC TUCKER35% LARRY NEUMEISTER21%7/23/2026, 12:21:57 PM
Availab…7%Framing…6%Attempt…9%
Morning Notes for July 23, 20262%
ARLnow.com27%By ARLnow.com31%7/23/2026, 4:30:47 AM
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner42%
ProPublica30%By Annie Waldman59%7/23/2026, 2:00:00 AM
House committee urges DOJ to charge former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith38%
CBS News19%By Joe Walsh17% Jacob Rosen34%7/22/2026, 8:51:35 PM
From the Mexican border to Washington: A tiny Texas town fights Trump's wall plan26%
AP News53%By REBECCA SANTANA20%7/21/2026, 9:01:42 PM