Speaker summary
61% 13 analyzed articles/videos 1,799.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alister Martin results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 259.147 hits . Analysis detected 2,274.845 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,799.667 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 2% (44,609 of 45,128 speakers). This Alister Martin is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the peer group. Alister Martin
Speaker details
Total words: 1,799.667
Article count: 13
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.2% percentile 3.4% BS Score13 analyzed videos1.8K 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 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 3.2% 3.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 12.6% 12.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.8% 3.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% 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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% Indoctrination: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.0% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 3.3% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.3% Bandwagon: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst