Speaker summary
63%2 analyzed articles/videos220.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Davis results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Slippery Slope, and Hasty Generalization, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 35.5% saturation with 86.322 hits. Analysis detected 359.118 faulty-reasoning hits from 220.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (36,472 of 45,128 speakers). This Bill Davis is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group.
Bill Davis
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
20%Bill Davis (selected)13%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 220.333
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510019.2% percentile
12.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos220.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 35.5%35.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.7%21.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.8%4.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.5%3.5%

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%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 35.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 8.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos