Speaker summary
40% 18 analyzed articles/videos 2,169.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Abraham Lincoln results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , In-Group Bias , and Optimism Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 22.6% saturation with 568.04 hits . Analysis detected 2,498.386 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,169.667 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,627 of 28,364 speakers). This Abraham Lincoln is better (less manipulative) than 97.40% of the peer group. Abraham Lincoln
Speaker details
Total words: 2,169.667
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.6% percentile 5.0% BS Score18 analyzed videos2.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 22.6% 22.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 6.1% 6.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 14.3% 14.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 0.7% 0.7% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 4.6% 4.6% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.0% In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 6.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 6.7% Begging the Question: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Middle Ground: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.1% False Dilemma: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst