Speaker summary
⁠31%5 analyzed articles/videos93.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Texas Department of Transportation results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 23 hits. Analysis detected 37 faulty-reasoning hits from 93.333 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (38,693 of 45,145 speakers). This Texas Department of Transportation is better (less manipulative) than 85.70% of the peer group.
Texas Department of Transportation

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510014.3% percentile
10.6% BS Score5 analyzed videos93.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 8.1%8.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Houston Public Media⁠24%By Julianna Washburn⁠44% Galveston County Bureau⁠44%7/22/2026, 1:57:10 PM
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Associated Press⁠34%By JESSE BEDAYN⁠74% JAMIE STENGLE⁠36% JOHN HANNA⁠31%7/17/2026, 7:36:24 AM
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Austin Monitor⁠32%By Nathan Bernier⁠13% KUT⁠33%10/23/2025, 2:51:18 PM