Speaker summary
60% 12 analyzed articles/videos 890 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jeff Merkley results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Indoctrination , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 157.383 hits . Analysis detected 980.369 faulty-reasoning hits from 890 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 2% (43,592 of 44,407 speakers). This Jeff Merkley is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group. Jeff Merkley
Speaker details
Total words: 890
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.8% percentile 4.0% BS Score12 analyzed videos890 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 4.9% 4.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 5.7% 5.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 1.5% 1.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% 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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 17.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Begging the Question: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.0% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.7% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.5% Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.4% Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.5% Primacy Effect: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst