Speaker summary
⁠48%9 analyzed articles/videos348.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alexander Hamilton results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 43.4% saturation with 197.143 hits. Analysis detected 506.08 faulty-reasoning hits from 348.333 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (25,229 of 28,364 speakers). This Alexander Hamilton is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.1% percentile
9.8% BS Score9 analyzed videos348.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 43.4%43.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 16.3%16.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.9%1.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 43.4%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Composition/Division: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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