Speaker summary
⁠66%2 analyzed articles/videos454.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These April Alley results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Halo Effect, and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22.9% saturation with 117 hits. Analysis detected 752.333 faulty-reasoning hits from 454.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (26,831 of 28,364 speakers). This April Alley is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the peer group.
April Alley
Speaker details
Total words: 454.667
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.4% percentile
6.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos454.7 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 2.0%2.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 20.1%20.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.9%22.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 3.7%3.7%

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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Middle Ground: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 3.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.6%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos