Speaker summary
⁠83%5 analyzed articles/videos324 analyzed words
BS Summary: These American Purpose results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 82.7% saturation with 267.794 hits. Analysis detected 686.883 faulty-reasoning hits from 324 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (22,434 of 28,364 speakers). This American Purpose is better (less manipulative) than 79.10% of the peer group.
American Purpose
Speaker details
Total words: 324
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

21% percentile
025507510020.9% percentile
14.3% BS Score5 analyzed videos324 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 82.7%82.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.2%19.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 12.3%12.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 82.7%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 6.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.2%Red Herring: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos