Speaker summary
41%10 analyzed articles/videos1,254.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ruby Powers results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 240 hits. Analysis detected 2,272.876 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,254.667 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 2% (28,057 of 28,364 speakers). This Ruby Powers is better (less manipulative) than 98.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.1% percentile
3.6% BS Score10 analyzed videos1.3K 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 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 1.5%1.5%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Red Herring: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Substance found in van after Houston ICE shooting wasn’t drugs, DA and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia say37%
Houston Public Media12%By Uriel J. García19% Texas Tribune9%7/24/2026, 11:05:27 PM
Officials: Van in Houston ICE shooting didn’t contain drugs57%
The Texas Tribune15%By Uriel J. García19% Lomi Kriel20% Alex Nguyen35%7/24/2026, 10:27:05 PM
Substance found in Salgado's van was not drugs, DA Sean Teare's office says41%
Houston Chronicle16%By John Wayne Ferguson11% Julián Aguilar15% Nicole Hensley72%7/24/2026, 10:02:55 PM
Passengers in Houston ICE shooting say agents rammed their van before firing21%
The Texas Tribune15%By Uriel J. García19% Lomi Kriel20% Alex Nguyen35%7/22/2026, 12:07:50 AM
Appeal …13%Unattri…17%
Judge blocks feds from deporting witness to Houston ICE shooting1%
Houston Public Media12%By Alex Nguyen35% Texas Tribune9% Uriel J. García19%7/21/2026, 9:09:34 PM
Appeal …14%Unattri…4%
Judge blocks feds from deporting witness to Houston ICE shooting1%
The Texas Tribune15%By Alex Nguyen35% Uriel J. García19%7/21/2026, 7:32:20 PM
Family says Houston ICE shooting substance was salt17%
WXII3%By Jason Hanna28% Lauren Mascarenhas27% Norma Galeana27% Ed Lavandera28% CNN29%7/21/2026, 2:21:00 AM
Harris County DA Sean Teare calls FBI search warrant into question in deadly ICE shooting62%
Houston Chronicle16%By Nicole Hensley72%7/16/2026, 11:39:42 PM
FBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt.50%
The Texas Tribune15%By Alex Nguyen35% Uriel J. García19%7/16/2026, 5:22:41 PM
‘They’re killing me’: Lawyer for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s brother shares his account of fatal shooting by ICE9%
Houston Public Media12%By Bianca Seward19%7/15/2026, 10:00:43 AM