Speaker summary
79%8 analyzed articles/videos106.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These White House officials results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Status Quo Bias, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 55.5% saturation with 77.193 hits. Analysis detected 550.345 faulty-reasoning hits from 106.667 analyzed words across 8 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 14.6% and a BS Rank of 22% (22,262 of 28,364 speakers). This White House officials is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
White House officials

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

22% percentile
025507510021.5% percentile
14.6% BS Score8 analyzed videos106.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 55.5%55.5%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 22.9%22.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.7%13.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.9%6.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 55.5%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 26.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 3.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 6.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate