Speaker summary
⁠57%1 analyzed article/video2,280.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alexander Heffner results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Post Hoc (False Cause), and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 18.6% saturation with 475.512 hits. Analysis detected 4,058.299 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,280.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (28,048 of 28,364 speakers). This Alexander Heffner is better (less manipulative) than 98.90% of the peer group.
Alexander Heffner
Speaker details
Total words: 2,280.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.1% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.4%5.4%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Straw Man: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos