The Bulwark77%
This Isn't a Hearing. It's a Show Trial. 51%
By Jonathan Cohn83%
7/29/2026, 12:52:31 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 46.2% saturation with 24 hits. Analysis detected 120 faulty-reasoning hits from 52 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of 51% (11,157 of 22,405 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 50.20% of the article peer group.
Jonathan Cohn takes on the Fauci hearing spectacle, where Rand Paul grilled the former NIH chief over newly obtained diaries—and Fauci pled the Fifth.
Cohn joins MS Now to separate legitimate oversight from what he calls a political show trial aimed at Trump-era vengeance.
Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
5.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
12.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
2.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Framing Effect
46.2%Framing Effect
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46.2%AuthorJonathan Cohn
23.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
0.7%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
0%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
6.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Negativity Bias
46.2%Negativity Bias
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46.2%AuthorJonathan Cohn
31.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
3.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
2.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
38.5%Appeal to Authority
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38.5%AuthorJonathan Cohn
20.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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False Dilemma
7.7%False Dilemma
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7.7%AuthorJonathan Cohn
1.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
6.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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5.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
7.5%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Begging the Question
7.7%Begging the Question
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7.7%AuthorJonathan Cohn
0.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
0.8%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
13.2%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
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Biased Writer Voice
46.2%Biased Writer Voice
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46.2%AuthorJonathan Cohn
33.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
11.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
38.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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38.5%AuthorJonathan Cohn
4.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorJonathan Cohn
9.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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52 words analyzed.
Analysis
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