Speaker summary
⁠57%18 analyzed articles/videos406 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Salon.com results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Indoctrination, and Loss Aversion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 36.5% saturation with 148 hits. Analysis detected 177 faulty-reasoning hits from 406 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (37,732 of 44,316 speakers). This Salon.com is better (less manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group.
Salon.com
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠15%Salon.com (selected)11%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510014.9% percentile
10.9% BS Score18 analyzed videos406 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 36.5%36.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 1.5%1.5%

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 36.5%, sitewide 0.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Reflecting on Trump’s bottomless pool of corruption⁠69%
Salon⁠85%By Brian Karem⁠91%8/7/2026, 6:00:10 AM
Why “Chef’s Table” still matters⁠11%
Salon⁠85%By Francesca Giangiulio⁠62%8/6/2026, 7:30:45 AM
New Mexico sues DOJ over Epstein files and releases “truth commission” report⁠47%
Salon⁠85%By Troy Farah⁠83%8/5/2026, 2:28:02 PM
Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate⁠72%
Salon⁠85%By Amanda Marcotte⁠98%8/3/2026, 3:30:00 AM
As Iran war escalates, U.S. is fighting from a weakened position⁠69%
Salon⁠85%By Russell Payne⁠77%7/23/2026, 3:30:12 AM
Salad shy? Avoid these foods during this cyclosporiasis outbreak⁠51%
Salon⁠85%By Joy Saha⁠52%7/20/2026, 8:52:34 AM
The MAGA-ification of Hollywood is going to be so boring⁠85%
Salon⁠85%By Amanda Marcotte⁠98%7/20/2026, 3:45:09 AM
Andrew Tate sold men a fantasy. Reality is finally catching up with him⁠53%
Salon⁠85%By CK Smith⁠59%7/19/2026, 11:05:29 AM
MAGA wants to launder political donations — through God⁠80%
Salon⁠85%By Andrew Daugherty⁠94%7/18/2026, 3:45:01 AM
FBI looked at using AI to review 2020 ballot signatures⁠45%
Salon⁠85%By Jeremy Kohler⁠54%7/17/2026, 3:00:44 AM
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