Speaker summary
⁠72%3 analyzed articles/videos636 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alan Zibel results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Hasty Generalization, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 28.5% saturation with 204 hits. Analysis detected 1,867.958 faulty-reasoning hits from 636 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (24,299 of 28,364 speakers). This Alan Zibel is better (less manipulative) than 85.70% of the peer group.
Alan Zibel
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Speaker details
Total words: 636
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510014.3% percentile
11.3% BS Score3 analyzed videos636 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 28.5%28.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 21.2%21.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 17.4%17.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 29.4%29.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.3%7.3%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 29.4%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 28.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos