Speaker summary
35%16 analyzed articles/videos269 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tulsi Gabbard results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.7% saturation with 110 hits. Analysis detected 703.353 faulty-reasoning hits from 269 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (25,348 of 28,364 speakers). This Tulsi Gabbard is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510010.6% percentile
9.6% BS Score16 analyzed videos269 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 20.2%20.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 4.9%4.9%

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 20.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Slippery Slope: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump team scrutinized election agency over 2020 vote before firing its leaders42%
WTVB | 1590 AM · 95.5 FM | The Voice of Branch County0%By Thomson Reuters50%7/17/2026, 2:09:39 PM
White House scrutinized election agency over 2020 vote before firing its leaders53%
Reuters0%By Bo Erickson32% Erin Banco92%7/17/2026, 7:09:00 AM
‘86 47’: How Trump’s war on dissent gave his opponents a political rallying cry43%
MS NOW95%By Adam Hudacek60%7/16/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Did the CIA play a role in the great Covid cover-up? - spiked28%
spiked93%By Cory Franklin0%7/9/2026, 10:55:25 AM
The election that never ends: Inside Trump World’s endless relitigating of 202038%
MS NOW95%By Jacqueline Alemany0%7/3/2026, 2:00:00 AM
FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say41%
MS NOW95%By Ken Dilanian0%7/2/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Oh, So Dr. Fauci's Pardon From Joe Biden Is Not 'Bulletproof'?54%
townhall.com84%By Matt Vespa74%6/30/2026, 11:50:00 PM
Never Forget What The Covid 'Experts' Did To Us61%
The Federalist89%By M.D. Kittle71%6/26/2026, 4:22:27 AM
A Unified Theory of Donald Trump’s Presidency51%
Washington Monthly52%By Robert J. Shapiro0%6/25/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Daily Memo: DHS Arrests Activists in Minneapolis As ICE Ramps Up Again Across Southern California26%
L.A. TACO85%By Izzy Ramirez76%6/17/2026, 11:11:58 AM