Speaker summary
42% 8 analyzed articles/videos 314 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Antonin Scalia results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Quote-first Misdirection , and Unattributed Quote , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 26.7% saturation with 97.111 hits . Analysis detected 624.579 faulty-reasoning hits from 314 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.2% and a BS Rank of 12% (24,980 of 28,364 speakers). This Antonin Scalia is better (less manipulative) than 88.10% of the peer group. Antonin Scalia
Speaker details
Total words: 314
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.9% percentile 10.2% BS Score8 analyzed videos314 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 26.7% 26.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 0.7% 0.7% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 14.6% 14.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 9.1% 9.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 15.2% 15.2% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 10.3% 10.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 11.9% 11.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 6.1% 6.1% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% 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% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 26.7%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 5.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 1.1% Primacy Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 0.9% Anecdotal: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 5.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 2.0% Slippery Slope: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst