Speaker summary
51% 11 analyzed articles/videos 1,511.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alister Martin results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 230.985 hits . Analysis detected 2,027.308 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,511.333 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,641 of 25,889 speakers). This Alister Martin is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group. Alister Martin
Speaker details
Total words: 1,511.333
Article count: 11
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.0% percentile 3.4% BS Score11 analyzed videos1.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 3.2% 3.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.2% 7.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 12.5% 12.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.2% 4.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% 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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% Indoctrination: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 0.0% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.5% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 4.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.0% Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst