Speaker summary
77%10 analyzed articles/videos1,001.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sean Davis results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Begging the Question, and False Dilemma, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 269.203 hits. Analysis detected 3,389.403 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,001.333 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of 9% (25,973 of 28,364 speakers). This Sean Davis is better (less manipulative) than 91.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.4% percentile
8.6% BS Score10 analyzed videos1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 25.2%25.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 19.0%19.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.0%10.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 11.6%11.6%

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 10.0%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 19.0%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 9.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 1.9%Tu Quoque: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 5.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Why Conservatives Are Losing Their War Against The Odyssey66%
Washington Monthly52%By Paul Glastris0%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM
MIA Mitch McConnell Must Explain His Absence Or Retire44%
The Federalist89%By M.D. Kittle71%7/10/2026, 11:34:19 AM
The Right’s Birthright Citizenship Freak-Out Shows What’s At The Heart Of MAGA84%
HuffPost0%By Paul Blumenthal0%7/3/2026, 12:00:17 PM
After losing in court, immigration restrictionists lose the room55%
Washington Examiner74%By Peter Laffin0%7/2/2026, 10:00:00 AM
MAGA is turning SCOTUS loss into the existential crisis it needed87%
Salon.com76%By Sophia Tesfaye90%7/1/2026, 5:30:33 PM
MAGA advocate calls for ban on pregnant women traveling to US and ‘sterilization of all foreign visitors’81%
The Independent68%By Rhian Lubin0%7/1/2026, 12:44:23 PM
'Cowardice And Incoherence' Will Be The Roberts Court Legacy77%
The Federalist89%By M.D. Kittle71%7/1/2026, 11:43:12 AM
Federalist Co-Founder Floats ‘Dissolution of the Union’ in Unhinged Post After Trump Loses Birthright Citizenship Case50%
Mediaite70%By Sarah Rumpf43%6/30/2026, 10:57:05 PM
Davis: Dems Can't Smear Kavanaugh But Ignore Platner Allegations98%
The Federalist89%By The Federalist Staff0%6/9/2026, 1:12:33 PM
Davis: California’s Election System Was Designed To ‘Engineer Results’98%
The Federalist89%By The Federalist Staff0%6/6/2026, 12:00:00 AM