The Bulwark71%
Trump’s Own People Don’t Want Him to Give This Speech (w/ Erin Banco) 97%
By Sam Stein94%
7/16/2026, 8:36:55 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 62.4% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 496 faulty-reasoning hits from 109 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 95.1% and a BS Rank of 97% (581 of 16,769 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 96.50% of the article peer group.
Sam Stein speaks with Reuters national security reporter Erin Banco about Trump’s planned election speech, his administration’s moves against federal election officials, and concerns inside his own White House that reviving voting-machine conspiracies could backfire by convincing MAGA voters to stay home.
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
50.5%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
13.8%Sunk Cost Effect
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13.8%AuthorSam Stein
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0.3%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
62.4%Negativity Bias
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62.4%AuthorSam Stein
24.1%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
11.9%In-Group Bias
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11.9%AuthorSam Stein
1.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
38.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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38.5%AuthorSam Stein
2.9%PublicationThe Bulwark
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0.6%PublicationThe Bulwark
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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
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
11.9%Appeal to Authority
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0.4%PublicationThe Bulwark
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
38.5%Hasty Generalization
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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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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
38.5%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
31.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
50.5%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
11.9%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
50.5%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
14.7%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
30.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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109 words analyzed.
Analysis
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