Speaker summary
⁠79%4 analyzed articles/videos564 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Phil LeVota results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Special Pleading, and Optimism Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 25.4% saturation with 143.138 hits. Analysis detected 971.517 faulty-reasoning hits from 564 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (42,431 of 45,145 speakers). This Phil LeVota is better (less manipulative) than 94.00% of the peer group.
Phil LeVota
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠6%Phil LeVota (selected)7%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 564
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.0% percentile
6.8% BS Score4 analyzed videos564 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 25.4%25.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.0%14.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 19.0%19.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.4%8.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 5.6%5.6%

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 19.0%, sitewide 26.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 25.4%, sitewide 3.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Special Pleading: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 0.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 6.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.8%Straw Man: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.9%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 3.1%Red Herring: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos