Speaker summary
⁠65%4 analyzed articles/videos199 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aaron Ford results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Ad Hominem, and Halo Effect, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 30.9% saturation with 86.723 hits. Analysis detected 644.192 faulty-reasoning hits from 199 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (23,188 of 28,364 speakers). This Aaron Ford is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group.
Aaron Ford
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Speaker details
Total words: 199
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510018.2% percentile
13.1% BS Score4 analyzed videos199 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 25.6%25.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.1%29.1%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

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%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.1%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 25.6%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 3.7%Tu Quoque: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.4%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Left Leaning BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos