Speaker summary
88%50 analyzed articles/videos987 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Townhall results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 37.1% saturation with 946 hits. Analysis detected 5,311.1 faulty-reasoning hits from 987 analyzed words across 50 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.8% and a BS Rank of 22% (34,892 of 44,469 speakers). This Townhall is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
Townhall
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
22%Townhall (selected)14%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 987
Article count: 50
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

22% percentile
025507510021.5% percentile
13.8% BS Score50 analyzed videos987 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 74.0%74.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 42.7%42.7%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 43.4%43.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 31.0%31.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 37.0%37.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 25.4%25.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 19.4%19.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 0.5%0.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 74.0%, sitewide 0.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 43.4%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 42.7%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 37.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 31.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 25.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 3.1%Red Herring: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate