Speaker summary
⁠36%8 analyzed articles/videos120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bridge Michigan results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 55 hits. Analysis detected 71 faulty-reasoning hits from 120 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (32,400 of 44,161 speakers). This Bridge Michigan is better (less manipulative) than 73.40% of the peer group.
Bridge Michigan
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠27%Bridge Michigan (selected)17%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510026.6% percentile
16.2% BS Score8 analyzed videos120 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 25.1%25.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 7.3%7.3%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

What to know about voting in Michigan’s primary election⁠5%
Bridge Michigan⁠36%By Janelle D. James⁠8%8/3/2026, 12:44:01 PM
Gavin Newsom Just Shared Tax Returns—Net Worth Compared to Other Governors⁠17%
Newsweek⁠61%By Andrew Stanton⁠33%7/31/2026, 1:35:18 PM
Michigan nursing home chain got millions of dollars for woeful care, AG says⁠51%
Bridge Michigan⁠36%By Robin Erb⁠45%7/30/2026, 4:28:53 PM
Where Michigan governor candidates stand on data centers, the environment⁠11%
Bridge Michigan⁠5%By Jordyn Hermani⁠14%7/29/2026, 10:37:08 AM
Fact check: Ads take El-Sayed out of context to claim he ‘disrespects women’⁠22%
Bridge Michigan⁠36%By Lauren Gibbons⁠27%7/24/2026, 3:24:07 PM
Fact-check: ‘Millionaire’ claims in Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens Senate race⁠25%
Bridge Michigan⁠36%By Kelly House⁠26%7/22/2026, 10:11:19 AM
Fact check: Is John James backed by data center developers?⁠31%
Bridge Michigan⁠36%By Simon D. Schuster⁠39%7/21/2026, 2:11:08 PM
The Platner Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale About Polling⁠43%
washingtonmonthly.com⁠72%By Bill Scher⁠65%7/10/2026, 2:00:00 AM