Speaker summary
77% 30 analyzed articles/videos 2,006 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Cotton results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Optimism Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.3% saturation with 326.847 hits . Analysis detected 4,073.087 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,006 analyzed words across 30 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of 2% (44,359 of 45,145 speakers). This Tom Cotton is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. Tom Cotton
Speaker details
Total words: 2,006
Article count: 30
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 4.0% BS Score30 analyzed videos2K 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 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 10.3% 10.3% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 7.7% 7.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 7.6% 7.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 6.3% 6.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% 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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 1.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Begging the Question: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 3.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 4.6% Straw Man: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.9% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% False Dilemma: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 3.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst