Speaker summary
81%11 analyzed articles/videos337 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vance results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 66% saturation with 222.548 hits. Analysis detected 1,707.548 faulty-reasoning hits from 337 analyzed words across 11 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of 9% (25,467 of 27,710 speakers). This Vance is better (less manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.1% percentile
8.4% BS Score11 analyzed videos337 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 66.0%66.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 15.0%15.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 10.8%10.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 13.1%13.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Optimism Bias: Speaker 66.0%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

JD Vance’s real political cause: JD Vance - Blogs97%
American Thinker93%By Andrea Widburg88%7/19/2026, 4:00:00 AM
JD Vance says, "Violence will be met with violence" after Iran strikes81%
CBS News98%6/26/2026, 10:58:41 PM
How the fighting in Lebanon became a key sticking point in Iran-U.S. negotiations65%
NBC News99%6/22/2026, 12:33:12 PM
Trump threatens to ‘hit Iran very hard again’ while Vance in Switzerland for talks17%
NPR84%By Chandelis Duster40%6/21/2026, 5:29:57 PM
Trump threatens to 'hit Iran very hard again' while Vance is in Switzerland for talks37%
STLPR0%By Chandelis Duster40%6/21/2026, 5:29:57 PM
Vance and Iranian officials arrive in Switzerland to launch talks on Tehran’s nuclear program20%
AP News54%By AAMER MADHANI69% SEUNG MIN KIM55%6/21/2026, 4:01:05 AM
Dispute over Strait of Hormuz ahead of talks91%
ABC News99%6/21/2026, 12:12:19 AM
Vance Heads to Switzerland for Iran Talks, Hopes for Progress on Lebanon84%
NTD100%6/20/2026, 11:21:11 PM
US and Iran to talk Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz again25%
AP News54%By KAREEM CHEHAYEB0% BASSEM MROUE0% SEUNG MIN KIM55% MUNIR AHMED0%6/20/2026, 9:15:09 AM
Vance Issues Warning to Israeli Critics of U.S.-Iran Peace Agreement86%
The New York Times0%By Jorge Mitssunaga0%6/18/2026, 11:31:37 PM