Speaker summary
⁠58%3 analyzed articles/videos424.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Shields results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Slippery Slope, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 47.5% saturation with 224.337 hits. Analysis detected 888.656 faulty-reasoning hits from 424.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (23,323 of 28,364 speakers). This Ben Shields is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 424.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510017.8% percentile
12.9% BS Score3 analyzed videos424.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 47.5%47.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 41.3%41.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 17.9%17.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 17.2%17.2%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.9%5.9%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 41.3%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 19.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.2%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 8.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos