Speaker summary
⁠57%9 analyzed articles/videos258 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Register results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Primacy Effect, and Burden of Proof, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.4% saturation with 45 hits. Analysis detected 164 faulty-reasoning hits from 258 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (26,309 of 28,364 speakers). This The Register is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group.
The Register
Speaker details
Total words: 258
Article count: 9
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751007.2% percentile
7.9% BS Score9 analyzed videos258 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 17.4%17.4%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 10.8%10.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Primacy Effect: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 0.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

UK.gov's tech department gets the chop after two years⁠36%
The Register⁠38%7/21/2026, 5:06:41 AM
Infosec expert: Paidwork users' data pwned after 23M-record database dumped online⁠43%
The Register⁠38%7/20/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants emergency response systems to keep AI in check⁠48%
The Register⁠38%7/19/2026, 5:38:54 PM
Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid⁠86%
Futurism⁠88%By Joe Wilkins⁠84%7/19/2026, 5:30:00 AM
EU lets wearables wriggle out of user-replaceable battery rules⁠30%
The Register⁠38%7/15/2026, 4:05:37 AM
Untitled article⁠32%
www.theregister.com⁠38%7/11/2026, 6:14:48 PM
Confidential computing's core trust mechanism is broken. The fix may not exist⁠8%
The Register⁠38%By Kim Loohuis⁠0%7/4/2026, 3:03:00 AM
Failed blockchain project ends with big fine for fibs about it being on track⁠29%
The Register⁠38%By Simon Sharwood⁠0%7/2/2026, 9:35:52 PM
Dev says Google warned him about account hijack – then charged him $11,000 anyway⁠45%
The Register⁠38%By Thomas Claburn⁠37%7/2/2026, 4:08:16 PM