Speaker summary
⁠65%24 analyzed articles/videos2,163.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chuck Grassley results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Indoctrination, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 454 hits. Analysis detected 4,343.951 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,163.333 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (40,859 of 41,667 speakers). This Chuck Grassley is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the peer group.
Chuck Grassley
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠2%Chuck Grassley (selected)5%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.9% percentile
4.2% BS Score24 analyzed videos2.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 17.0%17.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.5%5.5%

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: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.9%Tu Quoque: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

EXCLUSIVE: Federal Probe Reveals How Hamas Bullies and Coerces Gaza Aid Groups, Diverts American Aid Dollars to Their War Effort⁠64%
Washington Free Beacon⁠91%By Adam Kredo⁠95%8/4/2026, 12:00:45 PM
Senate Judiciary Committee advances Blanche's nomination for attorney general⁠6%
CBS News⁠80%By Melissa Quinn⁠31%8/4/2026, 8:04:00 AM
Trump attorney general pick Todd Blanche faces final hurdle before confirmation vote⁠11%
Washington Examiner⁠84%By Kaelan Deese⁠46%8/4/2026, 6:16:58 AM
Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general clears critical hurdle after deal with GOP holdouts⁠19%
Orlando Sentinel⁠30%By Associated Press⁠74%8/4/2026, 4:42:10 AM
Cornyn, Tillis throw support behind Blanche for attorney general⁠26%
MS NOW⁠98%By Julianne McShane⁠88%8/3/2026, 5:26:19 PM
Sen. Chuck Grassley invites Jack Smith to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee⁠73%
Washington Examiner⁠84%By Brady Knox⁠74%8/3/2026, 4:35:37 PM
The Latest: Trump says new talks are Iran's 'last chance' to make a deal⁠7%
AP News⁠71%By The Associated Press⁠73%8/3/2026, 5:10:41 AM
Blanche and Trump pitch wildly different messages on the fate of the ‘slush fund’⁠35%
MS NOW⁠98%By Steve Benen⁠99%8/3/2026, 5:00:52 AM
Earlier Lifeline for Rural Hospitals Faces Test Under ‘Big Beautiful’ Law⁠20%
KFF Health News⁠39%By Sarah Jane Tribble⁠31% Tony Leys⁠16%8/3/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Exclusive: UN Is Actively Obstructing US Probe Into Links Between Its Gaza Relief Groups and Hamas, as Americans Warn UN To Divorce 'Cancerous UNRWA'⁠60%
The Washington Free Beacon⁠91%By Adam Kredo⁠95%7/30/2026, 1:40:01 PM