Speaker summary
⁠71%3 analyzed articles/videos216 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alistair Johnston results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Optimism Bias, and Halo Effect, with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 59.788 hits. Analysis detected 337.225 faulty-reasoning hits from 216 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (24,582 of 28,364 speakers). This Alistair Johnston is better (less manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group.
Alistair Johnston
Speaker details
Total words: 216
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510013.3% percentile
10.9% BS Score3 analyzed videos216 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 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 27.7%27.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 18.9%18.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 22.9%22.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 4.7%4.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 6.5%6.5%

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%In-Group Bias: Speaker 27.7%, sitewide 6.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 18.9%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos