Speaker summary
56%12 analyzed articles/videos1,074.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maggie Haberman results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Unattributed Quote, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 19.5% saturation with 301 hits. Analysis detected 2,253.561 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,074.667 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (27,183 of 28,364 speakers). This Maggie Haberman is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
6.2% BS Score12 analyzed videos1.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.8%4.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 0.8%0.8%

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 12.3%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 3.3%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Primacy Effect: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Red Herring: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

JD Vance’s real political cause: JD Vance - Blogs97%
American Thinker94%By Andrea Widburg87%7/18/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Trump Is Building Monuments to Himself in D.C. While Ruining Democracy78%
Rolling Stone40%By Matt Bai0%7/10/2026, 6:00:00 AM
The Shockingly Lazy Schedule of Trump, 80, Exposed by Daily Beast Analysis40%
The Daily Beast87%By Sarah Ewall-Wice0%7/3/2026, 3:01:00 AM
Reporter Details Bizarre Trump Demand: ‘It Was Important to Him To Have a Fully Carpeted Bathroom’57%
Mediaite70%By Michael Luciano57%7/1/2026, 5:57:43 PM
At the heart of Anthropic’s clashes with the U.S. government, a decision not to play by the new rules of Trump’s Washington53%
Fortune54%By Jeremy Kahn46%6/30/2026, 6:42:31 AM
Maggie Haberman Reveals Unverified Trump Nipple Abuse Claim Torpedoed Anti-Epstein Website: ‘That Was the End of That’56%
Mediaite70%By Tommy Christopher0%6/29/2026, 4:51:52 AM
Why Trump Inner Circle Fears Blonde Companion, 34: Biographer79%
The Daily Beast87%By Julia Ornedo0% Inside Trump's Head0%6/27/2026, 12:46:07 PM
Trump Gushes That 30-Something White House Aide Will 'Never Leave Me': Book63%
Yahoo News39%By Sara Boboltz0%6/26/2026, 9:16:11 AM
Trump, 80, Accused of ‘Very Unhealthy’ Relationship With Blonde Aide, 3459%
The Daily Beast87%By Ewan Palmer0%6/26/2026, 1:42:52 AM
Stephen Miller's 'pained' reaction puts damper on raucous Mar-a-Lago bash: new book70%
Raw Story93%By Alexandria Jacobson0% Investigative Reporter64%6/24/2026, 4:58:13 AM