Speaker summary
74%35 analyzed articles/videos2,722 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Homan results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 387.528 hits. Analysis detected 5,534.64 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,722 analyzed words across 35 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,693 of 28,165 speakers). This Tom Homan is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.7% percentile
4.2% BS Score35 analyzed videos2.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 13.7%13.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.2%10.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Passengers in Houston ICE shooting say agents rammed their van before firing21%
The Texas Tribune15%By Uriel J. García19% Lomi Kriel20% Alex Nguyen35%7/22/2026, 12:07:50 AM
As ICE controversies intensify, White House border czar Tom Homan takes aim at dissent95%
MS NOW95%By Steve Benen95%7/21/2026, 1:05:01 PM
Border czar says ICE killings weren’t mistakes97%
Daily Kos84%By Emily Singer83%7/20/2026, 10:00:00 PM
Body Cameras Won’t Stop ICE Killing People60%
Newsweek35%By Shane Croucher53%7/20/2026, 11:18:10 AM
ICE agents aren’t following rules in traffic stops, experts say66%
BostonGlobe.com29%By Emma Platoff88%7/18/2026, 11:57:28 AM
Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations91%
The Federalist89%By Hayden Daniel0%7/17/2026, 11:19:39 AM
ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On.36%
The Intercept80%By Karl Loftus27%7/16/2026, 6:05:34 PM
Trump’s Deportation Policing Force Is Killing People. It Was “Foreseeable In the Most Tragic Way.”63%
Mother Jones51%By Isabela Dias56%7/16/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Editorial: When an ICE tactic keeps ending in tragedy, it must be rethought76%
Chicago Tribune11%By The Editorial Board97%7/16/2026, 10:00:29 AM
ICE Keeps Shooting People. Here's a Way Congress Can Rein It In.65%
Reason.com42%By Autumn Billings66%7/15/2026, 9:04:12 PM