Speaker summary
⁠83%19 analyzed articles/videos233 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salon results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice and Loss Aversion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 88.5% saturation with 206.228 hits. Analysis detected 218.228 faulty-reasoning hits from 233 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 30.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (13,924 of 26,730 speakers). This Salon is better (less manipulative) than 52.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

48% percentile
025507510047.9% percentile
30.5% BS Score19 analyzed videos233 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 88.5%88.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 1.0%1.0%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 88.5%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Cold blueberry soup for hot summer days⁠8%
Salon⁠77%By Ashlie D. Stevens⁠10%7/21/2026, 9:57:11 PM
The MAGA-ification of Hollywood is going to be so boring⁠88%
Salon⁠77%By Amanda Marcotte⁠93%7/20/2026, 10:45:09 AM
Breathable air is a luxury. Paying out of pocket could be next⁠81%
Salon⁠77%By Troy Farah⁠74%7/19/2026, 10:30:01 AM
The latest thing Trump wants to stop at the border: smoke⁠70%
Salon⁠77%By CK Smith⁠42%7/18/2026, 6:26:26 PM
Trump’s Obama vendetta has him trapped in his own forever war⁠84%
Salon⁠77%By Brian Karem⁠0%7/17/2026, 1:00:57 PM
Democrats’ key to winning the midterms⁠72%
Salon⁠77%By Howard Dean⁠0%7/16/2026, 10:45:10 AM
At the World Cup, Messi’s quiet leadership outshines MAGA’s noise⁠72%
Salon⁠77%By Dimitrios Aletras Jr.⁠86%7/15/2026, 10:30:19 AM
“Wasting their time”: Trump swats down FBI investigation into Graham’s death⁠55%
Salon⁠77%By Alex Galbraith⁠75%7/14/2026, 8:09:20 PM
79-year-old Mitt Romney thinks no one over 80 should hold office⁠26%
www.salon.com⁠77%By CK Smith⁠42%7/12/2026, 9:03:46 PM
“This is a big blow”: Trump uses Graham’s death to push SAVE America Act⁠34%
www.salon.com⁠77%By Alex Galbraith⁠75%7/12/2026, 3:01:10 PM
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