Speaker summary
56% 18 analyzed articles/videos 334 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Transportation results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Anchoring Bias , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 64 hits . Analysis detected 719.21 faulty-reasoning hits from 334 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.5% and a BS Rank of 14% (35,465 of 41,066 speakers). This Department of Transportation is better (less manipulative) than 86.40% of the peer group. Department of Transportation
Speaker details
Total words: 334
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.6% percentile 10.5% BS Score18 analyzed videos334 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 10.4% 10.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 20.5% 20.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 9.1% 9.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 12.1% 12.1% 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 10.4%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 7.5% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 4.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 0.5% Red Herring: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 0.7% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 2.2% Halo Effect: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 6.7% Indoctrination: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.0% In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 6.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst