Speaker summary
34%32 analyzed articles/videos841.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pew Research Center results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and Recency Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 233 hits. Analysis detected 1,117.943 faulty-reasoning hits from 841.667 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,662 of 28,364 speakers). This Pew Research Center is better (less manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751002.5% percentile
4.9% BS Score32 analyzed videos841.7 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.4%3.4%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 11.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 2.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Confidence, Vulnerability, Biology: A Crisis Young Men Face36%
Psychology Today43%By Amir Levine Ph.D.43%7/24/2026, 1:08:11 AM
The Miami Heat, LeBron James, and prediction markets: How a ‘mistake’ social media post turbocharged a $245 million wager68%
Fortune54%By Catherina Gioino36% Joshua Hong86%7/23/2026, 7:50:02 PM
The dark side of making daylight saving time permanent in California: How late would our sunrises get?21%
Los Angeles Times78%By Rong-Gong Lin II49%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
China Pitches Its AI Leadership to the World13%
Foreign Policy32%By Joseph Rachman17%7/22/2026, 5:00:59 AM
J.D. And Usha Vance Welcome A New Baby Into The Vice Presidential Family41%
The Federalist89%By Luke Miller0%7/20/2026, 8:40:11 PM
Americans love this terrible idea to fix Congress43%
Daily Kos84%By Andrew Mangan58%7/19/2026, 11:00:00 PM
Latino voters want the SAVE Act97%
The Blaze79%By Joseph Castleberry0%7/18/2026, 7:00:00 PM
What the 20th-century war on smog tells us about today’s wildfire smoke66%
STAT44%By Rebecca Florsheim0% Neil Vora98% Peter J. Winch0% Connie Hoe0%7/17/2026, 8:48:10 PM
Why Orthodox Jews are opposing the new daylight saving bill in Congress24%
Utah Public Radio0%By Yonat Shimron14%7/16/2026, 5:24:31 PM
No Clear Evidence Religion Is ‘Bigger and Stronger’ in U.S., Despite Trump Claim5%
FactCheck.org3%By Angela Lin0%7/15/2026, 6:19:25 PM