Speaker summary
58%14 analyzed articles/videos179 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wisconsin Watch results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Primacy Effect, and Recency Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 27% saturation with 113 hits. Analysis detected 298.874 faulty-reasoning hits from 179 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.2% and a BS Rank of 12% (25,020 of 28,364 speakers). This Wisconsin Watch is better (less manipulative) than 88.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510011.8% percentile
10.2% BS Score14 analyzed videos179 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 35.7%35.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 27.0%27.0%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.8%3.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 1.7%1.7%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 35.7%, sitewide 0.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 27.0%, sitewide 6.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Can Wisconsin’s health apprenticeships become a national model? UW Health thinks so5%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Natalie Yahr4%7/23/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Hundreds protest after police officer fatally shoots man on Madison’s east side11%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Sarah Lehr0% WPR63% Emily Rizzo0%7/22/2026, 7:10:59 PM
A Wisconsin school district made summer school fun. Now 2,500 kids show up.22%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Miranda Dunlap36%7/21/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Scammers target injured Wisconsin workers with fake worker’s compensation hearings41%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Paul Kiefer21% Wisconsin Watch12%7/20/2026, 1:25:40 PM
Student loan defaults surge in Wisconsin, US after federal reprieve ends41%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Natalie Yahr4% Wisconsin Watch12% Miranda Dunlap36%7/20/2026, 11:25:06 AM
Here are four congressional races to watch in Wisconsin’s Aug. 11 primary15%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Audrey Lopez-Stane13% Wisconsin Watch12% Zoey Elwood12%7/20/2026, 7:00:00 AM
Was a Wisconsin data centers tax break put in place solely by Gov. Tony Evers?48%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Audrey Lopez-Stane13% Wisconsin Watch12%7/20/2026, 3:00:00 AM
What to know about cyclosporiasis31%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Valeria Ricciulli48% Public Good News48%7/19/2026, 4:00:00 AM
David Crowley returns to governor’s race in last-minute effort to win Democratic primary71%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Shawn Johnson94% WPR63% Rich Kremer94%7/18/2026, 1:28:39 PM
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez quits Democratic governor’s race over campaign finance problems56%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Associated Press60%7/17/2026, 12:14:40 PM