Speaker summary
42% 14 analyzed articles/videos 528.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Waymo results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias , Ambiguity (Equivocation) , and Status Quo Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 198 hits . Analysis detected 1,127.007 faulty-reasoning hits from 528.333 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 4% (42,789 of 44,393 speakers). This Waymo is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group. Waymo
Speaker details
Total words: 528.333
Article count: 14
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.6% percentile 5.4% BS Score14 analyzed videos528.3 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 7.5% 7.5% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 19.6% 19.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 20.0% 20.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 6.9% 6.9% Actor-Observer Bias Sitewide 0.6% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% 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 7.5%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 11.1% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 3.7% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.8% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 6.0% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 2.2% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.6% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.5% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.4% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 4.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.4% Special Pleading: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.3% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 26% 7/18/2026, 11:44:28 AM