Speaker summary
⁠59%62 analyzed articles/videos1,666.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Washington Post results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 29.9% saturation with 858 hits. Analysis detected 3,237.616 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,666.333 analyzed words across 62 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (25,285 of 25,862 speakers). This The Washington Post is better (less manipulative) than 97.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.2% percentile
4.8% BS Score62 analyzed videos1.7K 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 29.9%29.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.9%6.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.6%6.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.3%2.3%

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 29.9%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Should grizzly bears roam California again?⁠31%
CalMatters⁠29%By Lynn La⁠23%7/23/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Gavin Newsom’s balancing act on taxing the rich⁠33%
CalMatters⁠29%By Lynn La⁠23%7/22/2026, 1:00:00 PM
A Great Economy Unless You Have to Work for a Living⁠68%
The American Prospect⁠60%By Harold Meyerson⁠90%7/21/2026, 9:10:00 AM
Trump's latest AI czar has already resigned⁠54%
TechCrunch⁠44%By Julie Bort⁠55%7/20/2026, 10:21:04 PM
Mediators Float 10-Day Ceasefire As Pezeshkian Tells Citizens Iran Engaged In 'Full-Scale War'⁠73%
ZeroHedge⁠67%By Tyler Durden⁠61%7/20/2026, 12:55:00 PM
We Are Living Through An Era Of Cultural Destruction⁠85%
The Federalist⁠89%By John Daniel Davidson⁠96%7/20/2026, 11:14:43 AM
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets⁠42%
WIRED⁠13%By Dell Cameron⁠58%7/20/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak⁠71%
The Verge⁠55%By Richard Lawler⁠91%7/17/2026, 10:09:47 PM
The Silver Lining of Trump’s Reheated Election Denialism⁠91%
The Bulwark⁠72%By Brian Tyler Cohen⁠0%7/17/2026, 8:45:55 PM
Trump’s Handpicked Company Screwed Up Reflecting Pool Reno From Start⁠67%
The New Republic⁠71%By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling⁠58%7/16/2026, 5:35:20 PM
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