Speaker summary
44% 10 analyzed articles/videos 581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Amtrak results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Self-Serving Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 163 hits . Analysis detected 846.454 faulty-reasoning hits from 581 analyzed words across 10 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,443 of 28,364 speakers). This Amtrak is better (less manipulative) than 96.80% of the peer group. Amtrak
Speaker details
Total words: 581
Content count: 10
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.2% percentile 5.5% BS Score10 analyzed videos581 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 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 15.7% 15.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 17.0% 17.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% 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 8.2%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.0%, sitewide 11.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.8% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.3% Tu Quoque: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.2% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst