Speaker summary
61%189 analyzed articles/videos14,601.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zohran Mamdani results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, In-Group Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 1,718.486 hits. Analysis detected 16,804.521 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,601.333 analyzed words across 189 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (40,737 of 40,829 speakers). This Zohran Mamdani is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the peer group.
Zohran Mamdani
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
1%Zohran Mamdani (selected)2%
100%314 Action Fund100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

0% percentile
02550751000.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score189 analyzed videos14.6K 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 8.8%8.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.3%1.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 1.9%1.9%

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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Grocer-turned-lawmaker says Mamdani’s government-run stores 'might not even last a year’71%
Fox News94%8/5/2026, 6:00:27 AM
Mamdani Just Put Ignorant MAGA In Its Place... Again60%
crooksandliars.com93%By Andrea Thompson95%8/5/2026, 5:34:40 AM
Democratic Voters Are Boiling Mad at the Democratic Establishment, and It’s Ridiculous33%
Washington Monthly71%By Bill Scher66%8/4/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Mental Health Courts Help Divert People From Jail. Why Don’t More NY Counties Have Them?4%
NYS Focus24%By Eliza Fawcett0%8/4/2026, 2:00:00 AM
The Class Divide Haunting Climate Politics61%
Jacobin75%By Matt Huber79%8/3/2026, 9:17:44 AM
Over 280,000 Eggs Delivered to New York City After National Price-Fixing Investigation55%
BKReader60%By BK Reader Staff45%8/3/2026, 8:56:00 AM
From Rikers to the open road: Program helps detainees land lucrative trucking jobs17%
Gothamist87%By Brittany Kriegstein78%8/3/2026, 5:01:00 AM
Simon & Schuster Gives Book Deal to Palestinian Writer Who Calls Jews ‘Ghouls,’ ‘Cockroaches’ and ‘Demons’: Publisher Praises Her ‘Lyrical’ Books75%
The Washington Free Beacon91%By Jon Levine91%8/3/2026, 2:00:57 AM
NYC Mayor Orders City Agencies to Find Budget Savings51%
BKReader60%By BK Reader Staff45%8/2/2026, 7:00:00 AM
Mayor Mamdani extends pied-à-terre tax exemption deadline after confusing rollout41%
Gothamist87%By Brittany Kriegstein78%8/1/2026, 8:47:00 AM