Speaker summary
63% 6 analyzed articles/videos 998.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daniel Swain results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Overconfidence Bias , with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 306 hits . Analysis detected 1,719.137 faulty-reasoning hits from 998.333 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 5% (43,202 of 45,145 speakers). This Daniel Swain is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group. Daniel Swain
Speaker details
Total words: 998.333
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.3% percentile 5.8% BS Score6 analyzed videos998.3 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 6.7% 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 20.0% 20.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 13.7% 13.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 1.4% 1.4% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 8.3% 8.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 12.4% 12.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 1.9% 1.9% 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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 0.8% Negativity Bias: Speaker 17.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 15.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 4.6% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.5% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.4% Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst