Speaker summary
⁠43%5 analyzed articles/videos58.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Beacon results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect and Actor-Observer Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 63.5% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 80 faulty-reasoning hits from 58.5 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 42.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (11,343 of 28,364 speakers). This The Beacon is worse (more manipulative) than 60.00% of the peer group.
The Beacon
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Speaker details
Total words: 58.5
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

60% percentile
025507510060.0% percentile
42.3% BS Score5 analyzed videos58.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 63.5%63.5%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 25.4%25.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 38.1%38.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 63.5%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Speaker 38.1%, sitewide 26.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 25.4%, sitewide 0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Kansas City foundations look to form $100 million affordable housing fund. How it would work⁠6%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR⁠57%By Thomas White⁠12%7/12/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Who are the 6 Democrats running to be Jackson County executive?⁠10%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR⁠57%By Josh Merchant⁠0%7/11/2026, 9:00:00 AM
I stayed up until 5 a.m. at a Kansas City bar to watch the World Cup — and the late-night crowds⁠2%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR⁠57%By Thomas White⁠12%6/27/2026, 9:00:00 AM
World Cup fans are already sweating Kansas City's summer heat. It's only going to get worse⁠36%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR⁠57%By Gabe Rosenberg⁠43%6/10/2026, 6:46:59 PM
Does the safety net need a safety net? With changes to SNAP, more Kansas Citians are losing benefits⁠13%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR⁠57%By Suzanne King⁠24%5/31/2026, 9:00:00 AM