Speaker summary
80%14 analyzed articles/videos284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Federalist results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 56.2% saturation with 365 hits. Analysis detected 2,502.821 faulty-reasoning hits from 284 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 21.2% and a BS Rank of 37% (28,794 of 45,145 speakers). This The Federalist is better (less manipulative) than 63.80% of the peer group.
The Federalist
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
37%The Federalist (selected)22%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 284
Article count: 14
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510036.2% percentile
21.2% BS Score14 analyzed videos284 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 55.5%55.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 56.2%56.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 43.3%43.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 42.4%42.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 40.2%40.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 32.9%32.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 32.4%32.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 17.1%17.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 56.2%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 55.5%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 43.3%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 42.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 40.2%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 32.9%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 23.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.3%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 3.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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