Speaker summary
⁠49%7 analyzed articles/videos319.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Security Administration results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, False Dilemma, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22.9% saturation with 130 hits. Analysis detected 323.285 faulty-reasoning hits from 319.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (20,921 of 28,364 speakers). This Social Security Administration is better (less manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.
Social Security Administration

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

26% percentile
025507510026.2% percentile
16.9% BS Score7 analyzed videos319.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 42.1%42.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.9%22.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 6.9%6.9%

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%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 42.1%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

August Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 6 days⁠1%
Washington Examiner⁠74%By Adisa Hargett-Robinson⁠3%7/25/2026, 6:00:00 AM
What The Latest Inflation Report Means For Your Retirement Plan⁠55%
Forbes⁠46%By True Tamplin⁠0%7/23/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Baby name 'Donald' hit record low popularity in US⁠28%
Snopes.com⁠7%By Jordan Liles⁠5%7/21/2026, 11:00:10 PM
Social Security faces a 2032 shortfall. Newly retired couples could lose $17,000 a year if Congress doesn't act.⁠57%
Yahoo News⁠39%By Jasmine Andersson⁠16%7/17/2026, 9:23:04 AM
Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries Thought Their Drug Plan Was Free. Then They Lost It.⁠10%
KFF Health News⁠23%By Susan Jaffe⁠0%7/7/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Women Aren’t “Under-babied.” They’re Under Threat.⁠54%
Washington Monthly⁠52%By Anne Kim⁠48%6/28/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Social Security has less than 10 years before reserves are exhausted, new trustees report warns⁠61%
Fox Business⁠92%By Kristen Altus⁠94%6/9/2026, 11:19:20 AM