Speaker summary
63%26 analyzed articles/videos968.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Civil Liberties Union results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Indoctrination, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 41.8% saturation with 468.986 hits. Analysis detected 1,783.707 faulty-reasoning hits from 968.333 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.5% and a BS Rank of 10% (40,806 of 45,120 speakers). This American Civil Liberties Union is better (less manipulative) than 90.40% of the peer group.
American Civil Liberties Union

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.6% percentile
8.5% BS Score26 analyzed videos968.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 41.8%41.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 9.8%9.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 6.4%6.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 1.0%1.0%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 41.8%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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