No True Scotsman
fallacy
Summary: Redefine a group to exclude counterexamples.
Definitions are tightened ad hoc so contradictory cases are dismissed rather than the claim being revised.
Pattern prevalence
- Authors: top 0.1%, bottom 0.1%, overall 0.1%
- Publications: top 0.4%, bottom 0.1%, overall 0.2%
- Articles: top 0%, bottom 0%, overall 0%
Recent example
Holdman, Linda Rogers and Greg Walker. “There are eight Great Patriots running against long seated RINOS — Let’s see how those RINOS do tonight!” Trump said in a Truth Social
Recent articles
Indiana Republicans defied Trump on gerrymandering. Today, they find out what it cost 63.4%
MS NOW - By Hunter Woodall, Ebony Davis - 5/5/2026, 11:48 PM
Indiana Republicans who defied Donald Trump are fighting for their political lives Tuesday in a key measure of whether the president’s grip on his own party is starting to slip. The contests for state Senate seats in Indiana’s part-time legislature would ordinarily draw little national attention. But after a December vote in which a bloc... more
The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: Friday edition 75.3%
MS NOW - By Joe Scarborough - 4/17/2026, 6:00 PM
Negativity Bias 43% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 19% - Appeal to Emotion 13.5%
This is the April 17, 2026, edition of “The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe” newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered straight to your inbox every Monday through Friday. Today’s must-read comes from The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan, who writes this: What is going on with this administration and its use and abuse of Christianity?... more
Dawn Staley Vows To "Beat Geno's Ass" In Wild Courtside Clip Of UConn-South Carolina Scuffle 80.7%
OutKick - By Zach Dean - 4/4/2026, 11:55 AM
Biased Writer Voice 87.1% - Negativity Bias 34.4% - Hasty Generalization 25.6%
We had DRAMA in the world of women's college basketball Friday night, and it centered around two of the sport's biggest names. Geno Auriemma, and Dawn Staley. That's right. Two legends. Well, really one legend (Geno), and another one that will probably get there at some point. No offense to Dawn. Well, OK. A little offense to Dawn. I've... more
Insufferable Sarah Spain Delivers Predictably Terrible Opinion On IOC Keeping Males Out Of Women's Sports 88.9%
OutKick - By Dan Zaksheske - 4/3/2026, 11:42 AM
Negativity Bias 35.5% - Biased Writer Voice 29.9% - Unattributed Quote 25.1%
The debate is over: the most unhinged, radical left-wing person in sports media is Sarah Spain. As if that wasn't already clear when the ESPNW contributor went on a tirade calling Vice President J.D. Vance a "demon" during the Winter Olympics, Spain decided to make it crystal clear on a recent episode of her podcast. The episode, titled... more
Pete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death 0%
The Guardian - By Jan-Werner Müller - 3/23/2026, 10:00 AM
It appears that members of Trump’s cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them. Pete Hegseth was primarily known as a dapper TV host willing to defend war crimes. Markwayne Mullin is apparently still proud of challenging a witness to a fistfight at a Senate hearing; he also refuses to apologize for... more
Poll: 100% of MAGA Republicans support Trump 0%
One America News Network - By OAN Staff Katherine Mosack - 3/19/2026, 7:00 PM
(Background) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a tour of a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility on March 11, 2026, in Reading, Ohio. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (L) Screen Capture of CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten hosting News Central. CNN’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, presented new polling data indicating that... more
The world's happiest countries for 2026 - and what they get right 0%
BBC - By Lindsey Galloway - 3/19/2026, 12:00 PM
From Nordic trust to Costa Rica's sense of community, residents explain what daily life looks like in the countries topping the 2026 World Happiness Report. While the Nordic countries have long dominated the World Happiness Report, 2026 brought one surprise. For the first time in the report's 14-year history, a Latin American country... more
13 Anti-ICE Anthems and Music Videos, Ranked 0%
L.A. TACO - By Hadley Tomicki - 3/18/2026, 5:12 PM
The best music, by its nature, is always anti-fascist. From Woody Guthrie's "All You Fascists Bound To Lose" to Dylan's "Masters of War" to Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" to Mutabaruka's "White Man Country" to Bikini Kill's "George Bush is a Pig" to Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" to "Walking in the Snow" by Run The Jewelz,... more
NBA Saves Hawks From Themselves, Strips Team Of Ridiculous Magic City Night 0%
OutKick - By Alejandro Avila - 3/9/2026, 10:28 PM
The NBA just made its first actual "big boy" decision in a long time by stepping in to avoid what would have been an incredibly embarrassing look for the league. On Monday, just one week before the Atlanta Hawks were scheduled to host a promotional event honoring strip clubs as cultural "institutions," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver... more
Mamdani minimizes snowball attack on NYPD, opposes charges despite hospitalizations 0%
Fox News - By Alexandra Koch, Landon Mion, Anders Hagstrom - 2/24/2026, 9:39 PM
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday downplayed Monday's snow-throwing attack on New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers, calling the Washington Square Park incident a "snowball fight," despite multiple hospitalizations for facial lacerations. Several NYPD officers were struck in the head with snowballs while responding... more