Speaker summary
⁠71%2 analyzed articles/videos154.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Golombek results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 57.8% saturation with 100.5 hits. Analysis detected 389.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 154.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 25.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (16,651 of 28,364 speakers). This Ben Golombek is better (less manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group.
Ben Golombek
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Speaker details
Total words: 154.667
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

41% percentile
025507510041.3% percentile
25.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos154.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 57.8%57.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 40.5%40.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 25.9%25.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 10.8%10.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 57.8%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 40.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.9%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 3.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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