Speaker summary
⁠69%3 analyzed articles/videos730.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alan Dershowitz results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Negativity Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 44.8% saturation with 351.968 hits. Analysis detected 2,475.053 faulty-reasoning hits from 730.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (24,838 of 26,654 speakers). This Alan Dershowitz is better (less manipulative) than 93.20% of the peer group.
Alan Dershowitz
Speaker details
Total words: 730.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.8% percentile
7.8% BS Score3 analyzed videos730.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 44.8%44.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 13.3%13.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.7%11.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 21.9%21.9%

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%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 44.8%, sitewide 3.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 1.1%Special Pleading: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 7.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.4%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos