Topic summary

⁠92%1 analyzed article/video893 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Political Question results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Confirmation Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 311 hits. Analysis detected 3,395 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,679 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (5,289 of 14,252 topics). This Political Question is worse (more manipulative) than 62.90% of the peer group.

Political Question

Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Privacy Policy	1%
⁠0%	Terms Of Use	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠63%	Political Question (selected)	4%
⁠100%	Radio Roundup / Week In Review	60%
⁠100%	E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	E Bikes Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell	69%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell	69%

Topic details

Total words: 2,679

Article count: 1

Authors

Ilya Somin

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"Red Sox Spirit" and Constitutional Theory⁠^74%

Reason.com⁠^39%By Ilya Somin⁠^91%7/20/2026, 12:01:19 AM