Speaker summary
59%15 analyzed articles/videos696.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Patty Murray results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 171 hits. Analysis detected 1,229.377 faulty-reasoning hits from 696.667 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 3% (26,052 of 26,859 speakers). This Patty Murray is better (less manipulative) than 97.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.0% percentile
5.4% BS Score15 analyzed videos696.7 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 4.0%4.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 8.0%8.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.9%Straw Man: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

House passes stopgap funding bill42%
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette23%By JARRELL DILLARD17% MARIANA ALFAROAND BEN BINDAY THE WASHINGTON POST55%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Hegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5 billion as he defends funding request at fiery hearing44%
AP News53%By LISA MASCARO53%7/21/2026, 5:55:59 PM
Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing33%
Ars Technica22%By Beth Mole29%7/16/2026, 10:33:24 PM
Senators press CDC nominee on cyclosporiasis outbreak, vaccine policy37%
Chemical & Engineering News0%7/16/2026, 4:09:48 PM
Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle43%
AP News53%By Gene Johnson30%7/16/2026, 1:57:13 AM
Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Latest as officials seek source, cases rise28%
Yahoo News38%By Sara Moniuszko39% USA TODAY13%7/15/2026, 2:19:05 PM
Senators question CDC nominee about vaccines, misinformation11%
Healio0%By Sara Kellner0%7/15/2026, 12:00:00 AM
House Votes to Lock the Clock - for Good51%
RedState91%By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell56%7/14/2026, 8:30:33 PM
Sean Duffy’s Controversial Road Trip Series Has Yet To Launch—Here’s Why Sponsors May Not Care36%
Forbes45%By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher0%7/7/2026, 8:23:57 PM
Trump’s UFC Cage Fight Is an Apt Metaphor for a Nation Built on Colonial Violence55%
Truthout75%By Jesse Hagopian74%7/2/2026, 4:04:40 PM