Publication summary
79%88 analyzed articles/videos40,853 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Bulwark results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 30,781 hits. Analysis detected 222,924 faulty-reasoning hits from 242,157 analyzed words across 88 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 55% (254 of 559 publications). This The Bulwark is worse (more manipulative) than 54.70% of the peer group.
The Bulwark
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Signal Cleveland1%
1%Montana Free Press1%
1%The Trace1%
1%BridgeDetroit1%
55%The Bulwark (selected)2%
100%The White House9%
100%Utah Hockey Club10%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

55% percentile
025507510054.7% percentile
1.7% BS Score88 analyzed articles242.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 5.8%5.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 9.9%9.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 12.7%12.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Publication 0.3%0.3%

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%Framing Effect: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 12.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 6.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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The Bulwark79%By Jonathan Cohn15%8/5/2026, 2:07:13 PM
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The Bulwark79%By Tim Miller99%8/5/2026, 1:30:04 PM
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The Bulwark79%By Jim Swift46%8/5/2026, 12:06:58 AM
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The Bulwark79%By Tim Miller99%8/4/2026, 9:45:59 PM
Ground Control to Major Don62%
The Bulwark79%By William Kristol60%8/4/2026, 6:50:47 AM
Don’t Believe Todd Blanche About Trump’s Slush Fund From Hell79%
The Bulwark79%By Philip Rotner0%8/3/2026, 11:42:47 PM
The Attack We Knew Was Coming36%
The Bulwark79%By Mark Hertling56%8/3/2026, 11:38:48 PM
Is Jeanine Pirro About To Be Fired?83%
The Bulwark79%By Tim Miller99%8/3/2026, 5:25:47 PM