Speaker summary
⁠40%22 analyzed articles/videos540.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These TechCrunch results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 35.3% saturation with 371 hits. Analysis detected 1,326 faulty-reasoning hits from 540.5 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (25,261 of 26,155 speakers). This TechCrunch is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.4% percentile
5.7% BS Score22 analyzed videos540.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.7%4.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.1%3.1%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable⁠65%
TechCrunch⁠43%By Rebecca Bellan⁠66%7/22/2026, 8:49:03 PM
Trump's latest AI czar has already resigned⁠54%
TechCrunch⁠43%By Julie Bort⁠55%7/20/2026, 10:21:04 PM
Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause⁠31%
TechCrunch⁠43%By Anthony Ha⁠56%7/18/2026, 7:30:23 PM
All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year⁠40%
TechCrunch⁠43%By Kirsten Korosec⁠29%7/18/2026, 4:30:00 PM
Decrepit Oscar Mayer Hot Dog Factory Is Getting a Major Fusion Reactor Facelift⁠78%
Futurism⁠88%By Maggie Harrison Dupré⁠81%7/18/2026, 11:30:00 AM
Coca-Cola's Dairy Company Fairlife Hit With A Ransomware Attack⁠67%
Engadget⁠39%By Mariella Moon⁠43%7/17/2026, 7:25:00 AM
San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco⁠50%
TechCrunch⁠43%By Kirsten Korosec⁠29%7/16/2026, 11:25:22 PM
OpenAI launches its first hardware device: A Codex keyboard priced at ...⁠62%
Business Today⁠0%By Business Today Desk⁠0%7/16/2026, 6:40:51 AM
Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”⁠15%
TechCrunch⁠43%By Connie Loizos⁠23%7/14/2026, 12:45:00 AM
Trusting Chatbots With Our Ballots (at the Worst Possible Moment)⁠43%
newrepublic.com⁠71%By Parker Molloy⁠0%7/13/2026, 10:00:00 AM
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