Speaker summary
84% 1 analyzed article/video 263.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Andy Sheaffer results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Negativity Bias , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 26% saturation with 112 hits . Analysis detected 1,282.812 faulty-reasoning hits from 263.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14% and a BS Rank of 22% (35,222 of 45,145 speakers). This Andy Sheaffer is better (less manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group. Andy Sheaffer
Speaker details
Total words: 263.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.0% percentile 14.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos263.3 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 8.4% 8.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 23.3% 23.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 16.7% 16.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 17.2% 17.2% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 15.6% 15.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 16.3% 16.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Actor-Observer Bias Sitewide 0.6% Speaker 13.0% 13.0% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 13.5% 13.5% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 14.7% 14.7% 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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 15.9% Anecdotal: Speaker 23.3%, sitewide 5.2% Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 8.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 17.2%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 0.8% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 9.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 4.6% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 3.1% Straw Man: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 2.7% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 4.0% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 1.4% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.6% In-Group Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 6.9% Loss Aversion: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.7% Special Pleading: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst