Speaker summary
⁠66%7 analyzed articles/videos208 analyzed words
BS Summary: These the White House results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Red Herring, Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 141 faulty-reasoning hits from 208 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (24,307 of 28,364 speakers). This the White House is better (less manipulative) than 85.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510014.3% percentile
11.3% BS Score7 analyzed videos208 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 13.9%13.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.8%5.8%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 11.1%Red Herring: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 0.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Hegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5 billion as he defends funding request at fiery hearing⁠44%
AP News⁠53%By LISA MASCARO⁠54%7/21/2026, 5:55:59 PM
US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft⁠74%
TechCrunch⁠47%By Rebecca Bellan⁠66%7/21/2026, 3:37:05 PM
Trump orders new 50% tariff on many Canadian goods⁠74%
RTE.ie⁠0%By RTÉ News⁠0%7/21/2026, 1:01:03 AM
FDA CBER, ACA subsidy fallout, cyclosporiasis: Morning Rounds⁠25%
STAT⁠44%By Theresa Gaffney⁠35%7/15/2026, 11:58:15 AM
Trump’s “America First” Fishing Policy Is a Recipe for Plunder⁠35%
Mother Jones⁠51%By Ayurella Horn-Muller⁠29% Anita Hofschneider⁠31%6/29/2026, 11:30:00 AM
US, Iran agree to halt strikes as talks set for Tuesday in Doha: report⁠43%
Fox News⁠89%By Emma Bussey⁠0%6/28/2026, 10:02:07 PM
Israeli strikes kill 22 in Lebanon, putting US-Iran peace talks in peril⁠36%
Al Jazeera⁠59%By Al Jazeera Staff⁠56%6/20/2026, 7:02:41 AM