Speaker summary
⁠82%6 analyzed articles/videos435 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Freedman results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Tu Quoque as the most egregious example at 73.9% saturation with 321.307 hits. Analysis detected 828.977 faulty-reasoning hits from 435 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (19,560 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Freedman is better (less manipulative) than 69.00% of the peer group.
Matthew Freedman

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

31% percentile
025507510031.0% percentile
19.4% BS Score6 analyzed videos435 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 73.9%73.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 15.9%15.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 13.3%13.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 21.2%21.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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%Tu Quoque: Speaker 73.9%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Tu QuoqueSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump promises cheaper power from data centers. Analysts say bills could jump 40%⁠51%
Fortune⁠54%By Josh Boak⁠55% Matthew Daly⁠59% The Associated Press⁠63%7/24/2026, 12:36:09 PM
Trump expands pledge to curb high utility bills⁠46%
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette⁠26%By JOSH BOAK⁠55% MATTHEW DALY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS⁠0%7/24/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers⁠68%
Associated Press⁠94%By JOSH BOAK⁠55%7/24/2026, 3:30:00 AM
Trump vows to cut costs of utilities⁠49%
The Vindicator⁠25%By The Associated Press⁠63%7/24/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers⁠45%
Associated Press⁠34%By JOSH BOAK⁠55% MATTHEW DALY⁠59%7/24/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Trump expands voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers⁠70%
WBRZ⁠92%By Associated Press⁠60%7/23/2026, 4:12:00 PM