Speaker summary
58% 9 analyzed articles/videos 1,025.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aaron Ford results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 20.7% saturation with 213.546 hits . Analysis detected 1,323.494 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,025.667 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 3% (43,973 of 45,073 speakers). This Aaron Ford is better (less manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group. Aaron Ford
Speaker details
Total words: 1,025.667
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.4% percentile 4.5% BS Score9 analyzed videos1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 4.5% 4.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 14.2% 14.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 7.6% 7.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 20.7% 20.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.7%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 19.2% Ad Hominem: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 2.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 3.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 2.7% Tu Quoque: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst