Speaker summary
53%19 analyzed articles/videos1,689.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ned Lamont results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 178.681 hits. Analysis detected 1,788.579 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,689.333 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 1% (44,669 of 45,120 speakers). This Ned Lamont is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group.
Ned Lamont
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
1%Ned Lamont (selected)4%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.0% percentile
3.2% BS Score19 analyzed videos1.7K 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 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.4%2.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 2.7%2.7%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%No True Scotsman: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Historic site defaced, senator’s populist pitch and tourists abound: CT politics news32%
CT Mirror34%By CT Mirror Staff14%8/7/2026, 2:30:00 PM
Bridgeport’s Steelpointe Harbor project wraps up first residential phase20%
CT Mirror34%By Eddy Martinez33% Connecticut Public16%8/7/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Lamont sticks to a fiscal discipline not always applauded by labor24%
CT Mirror34%By Mark Pazniokas21%8/7/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Lamont joins Elliott in exchange of attack ads in Democratic primary8%
CT Mirror34%By Mark Pazniokas21%8/4/2026, 5:55:21 PM
Healthcare access dominates complaints from CT’s incarcerated13%
CT Mirror34%By Katy Golvala28%8/3/2026, 12:45:56 PM
Lamont’s fiscal success rests on foundation laid by Malloy, others32%
CT Mirror34%By Keith M. Phaneuf32%8/2/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Officials criticize ‘misinformation’ in reports on crash that killed cop50%
CT Mirror34%By Stephen Busemeyer54% Andrew Brown54%7/31/2026, 7:29:19 AM
CT officials say ICE is active at Bradley International Airport16%
CT Mirror34%By Mark Pazniokas21%7/24/2026, 1:57:44 PM
Lamont pledges to extend ACA subsidies. His gubernatorial challengers are split14%
CT Mirror34%By Katy Golvala28% Keith M. Phaneuf32%7/23/2026, 12:58:19 PM
CT seeks to expand paraeducator workforce with new training initiative16%
CT Mirror34%By Theo Peck-Suzuki5%7/23/2026, 10:30:00 AM