Speaker summary
⁠67%23 analyzed articles/videos1,153.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kash Patel results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Self-Serving Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22.6% saturation with 296.707 hits. Analysis detected 2,498.219 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,153.667 analyzed words across 23 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (25,029 of 26,654 speakers). This Kash Patel is better (less manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.1% percentile
7.4% BS Score23 analyzed videos1.2K 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 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 21.0%21.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.4%13.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.6%2.6%

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 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Tu Quoque: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

New York City⁠58%
NBC New York⁠79%7/21/2026, 1:24:09 PM
Over 100 House Democrats vote to end military aid to Israel in significant rebuke to US ally – as it happened⁠13%
The Guardian⁠81%By Robert Mackey⁠34% Shrai Popat⁠41% Lucy Campbell⁠51% Tom Ambrose⁠32%7/16/2026, 1:54:01 AM
Louisiana man charged with murder of US marshal after standoff with feds⁠10%
Washington Examiner⁠74%By Claire Carter⁠29%7/14/2026, 10:05:17 PM
ā€œWasting their timeā€: Trump swats down FBI investigation into Graham’s death⁠55%
Salon⁠77%By Alex Galbraith⁠74%7/14/2026, 8:09:20 PM
Dem Congressman Torpedos Lindsey Graham Conspiracy Theories While Slamming Kash Patel as a ā€˜Clown’⁠73%
Mediaite⁠70%By Kathianne Boniello⁠85%7/14/2026, 12:21:36 PM
Kash Patel instructed by the White House to oversee investigation into NYT journalists: report⁠13%
The Independent⁠44%By Graig Graziosi⁠63%7/12/2026, 12:52:37 AM
White House backs Kash Patel after reported frustration over FBI director’s social media⁠38%
www.washingtonexaminer.com⁠74%By Claire Carter⁠29%7/11/2026, 12:31:05 AM
Fundame…4%Ambigui…2%Biased …2%
Eight indicted over plan to attack White House UFC fight with drones and snipers⁠1%
www.washingtonexaminer.com⁠74%By David Zimmermann⁠0%7/10/2026, 12:50:06 AM
Prosecutors prepare to bury Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin with evidence⁠19%
Blaze Media⁠80%By Joseph MacKinnon⁠60%7/7/2026, 10:30:00 AM
The election that never ends: Inside Trump World’s endless relitigating of 2020⁠38%
MS NOW⁠94%By Jacqueline Alemany⁠0%7/3/2026, 9:00:00 AM