Speaker summary
40%61 analyzed articles/videos1,149.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pentagon results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 297.867 hits. Analysis detected 2,432.299 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,149.333 analyzed words across 61 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,960 of 28,364 speakers). This Pentagon is better (less manipulative) than 98.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.4% percentile
4.0% BS Score61 analyzed videos1.1K 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 9.0%9.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.9%19.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.4%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Red Herring: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump Losing Patience, In 'Revenge Mode' After 13th Consecutive Night Of US Strikes On Iran46%
ZeroHedge72%By Tyler Durden63%7/24/2026, 12:40:00 PM
Iran War Updates: U.S. launches 12th straight night of strikes as threats to oil trade deepen8%
CBS News19%By Frank Andrews13% Joe Walsh17% Mark Osborne13% Tucker Reals17%7/22/2026, 11:49:58 PM
Evening News7%
CBS News19%7/22/2026, 1:00:29 PM
U.S. identifies 3rd service member ‘believed’ killed in Iranian attack17%
NBC News35%By Adela Suliman0%7/22/2026, 1:00:03 PM
Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, of Queens, was third soldier killed in Iranian attack on U.S. base30%
Newsday55%By Maureen Mullarkey34%7/22/2026, 12:49:45 PM
Pentagon IDs ‘believed’ third victim of Iranian strike on Jordanian air base27%
Washington Examiner74%By Claire Carter30%7/22/2026, 12:08:27 AM
The Faces of U.S. Service Members Killed in Iran War4%
Newsweek36%By Giulia Carbonaro9%7/21/2026, 5:40:46 PM
Pentagon identifies third US soldier killed in weekend attack by Iran18%
New York Post89%By Samuel Chamberlain63%7/21/2026, 12:52:06 PM
The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches17%
Ars Technica23%By Stephen Clark11%7/20/2026, 8:30:25 PM
Mediators Float 10-Day Ceasefire As Pezeshkian Tells Citizens Iran Engaged In 'Full-Scale War'74%
ZeroHedge72%By Tyler Durden63%7/20/2026, 12:55:00 PM