Speaker summary
⁠76%6 analyzed articles/videos165 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Nation results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Begging the Question, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 34.3% saturation with 74 hits. Analysis detected 404.489 faulty-reasoning hits from 165 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (32,882 of 45,309 speakers). This The Nation is better (less manipulative) than 72.60% of the peer group.
The Nation
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠28%The Nation (selected)17%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510027.4% percentile
16.5% BS Score6 analyzed videos165 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 34.3%34.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.3%9.3%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 34.3%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 25.6%, sitewide 26.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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