Speaker summary
48%88 analyzed articles/videos1,842.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pentagon results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Negativity Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 329 hits. Analysis detected 3,101.826 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,842.333 analyzed words across 88 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (44,436 of 44,797 speakers). This Pentagon is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group.
Pentagon

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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2.9% BS Score88 analyzed videos1.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.7%3.7%

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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate