Speaker summary
66% 11 analyzed articles/videos 295 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heritage Foundation results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 30.3% saturation with 170 hits . Analysis detected 1,147.589 faulty-reasoning hits from 295 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (36,358 of 45,144 speakers). This Heritage Foundation is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group. Heritage Foundation
Speaker details
Total words: 295
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.5% percentile 12.9% BS Score11 analyzed videos295 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 45.5% 45.5% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 30.3% 30.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 27.8% 27.8% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 13.4% 13.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 16.8% 16.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 17.8% 17.8% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 8.9% 8.9% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 9.8% 9.8% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 8.9% 8.9% 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% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 45.5%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 30.3%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 27.8%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 7.5% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 3.3% Slippery Slope: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 1.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 9.1% Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 0.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 2.7% Special Pleading: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.3% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst