Speaker summary
⁠39%7 analyzed articles/videos28.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Editors results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Begging the Question, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 45.1% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 124 faulty-reasoning hits from 28.333 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 34.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (12,553 of 26,836 speakers). This The Editors is worse (more manipulative) than 53.20% of the peer group.
The Editors
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Speaker details
Total words: 28.333
Article count: 7
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

53% percentile
025507510053.2% percentile
34.9% BS Score7 analyzed videos28.3 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 45.1%45.1%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 32.4%32.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 32.4%32.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 32.4%32.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 32.4%32.4%

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 45.1%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 7.5%Primacy Effect: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Is #MeToo Back? Plus. . .⁠36%
The Free Press⁠74%By The Free Press⁠22%7/23/2026, 10:01:10 AM
Is History Dead?⁠69%
The Free Press⁠74%By The Editors⁠92%7/21/2026, 7:09:27 PM
What All the New Fighting with Iran Is About. Plus. . .⁠17%
The Front Page⁠74%By The Free Press⁠22%7/20/2026, 10:02:39 AM
The Secret to Lindsey Graham’s Success. The Professor Who Has Had It with All the AI Cheating. Plus. . .⁠13%
www.thefp.com⁠74%By The Free Press⁠22%7/13/2026, 10:03:40 AM
Why ‘The Odyssey’ Still Enchants Us. Plus . . .⁠52%
www.thefp.com⁠74%By The Free Press⁠22%7/11/2026, 10:01:40 AM
Platner’s Defiant Departure. A Way Out of the Iran Mess. Plus. . .⁠3%
www.thefp.com⁠74%By The Free Press⁠22%7/9/2026, 10:01:20 AM
This Week in American History: How to Say Goodbye to a King⁠65%
www.thefp.com⁠74%By Jonathan Horn⁠0%7/8/2026, 1:03:08 PM