Trump’s Posts, Now for Sale ⁠84%

By Evan Spear⁠16% Surya Gowda⁠23% Ross Anderson⁠16%

8/3/2026, 4:04:25 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Loss Aversion, and Begging the Question, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 83.1% saturation with 69 hits. Analysis detected 143 faulty-reasoning hits from 83 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 69.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠84% (4,522 of 28,109 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 83.90% of the article peer group.

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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 3.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 0.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.7%The Dispatch: 1.8%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 39.8%Evan Spear: 1.9%The Dispatch: 4.7%Framing Effect39.8%This article: 12.0%Evan Spear: 1.3%The Dispatch: 0.7%Loss Aversion12.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.8%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 8.4%Evan Spear: 0.7%The Dispatch: 1.6%Optimism Bias8.4%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 3.0%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 1.6%The Dispatch: 5.4%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.9%The Dispatch: 1.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.1%The Dispatch: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 2.3%The Dispatch: 1.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.5%The Dispatch: 1.0%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 8.4%Evan Spear: 0.4%The Dispatch: 0.3%Primacy Effect8.4%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.9%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 5.2%The Dispatch: 3.1%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 2.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.4%The Dispatch: 5.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 8.4%Evan Spear: 0.9%The Dispatch: 2.4%Appeal to Emotion8.4%This article: 12.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 0.8%Begging the Question12.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.1%The Dispatch: 1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.1%The Dispatch: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.6%The Dispatch: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.3%The Dispatch: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.2%The Dispatch: 1.2%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.5%The Dispatch: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 1.6%The Dispatch: 6.9%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.6%The Dispatch: 1.3%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.1%The Dispatch: 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Evan Spear: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 83.1%Evan Spear: 11.9%The Dispatch: 4.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…83.1%

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