Speaker summary
77%1 analyzed article/video56 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alan Barreca results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 84 hits. Analysis detected 257.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 56 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 81.3% and a BS Rank of 82% (5,122 of 28,364 speakers). This Alan Barreca is worse (more manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group.
Alan Barreca
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Speaker details
Total words: 56
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

82% percentile
025507510081.9% percentile
81.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos56 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

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%120%120%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos