Speaker summary
32% 14 analyzed articles/videos 345 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Benjamin Franklin results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Availability Heuristic , and Quote-first Misdirection , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 19.2% saturation with 117 hits . Analysis detected 365.803 faulty-reasoning hits from 345 analyzed words across 14 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,570 of 28,364 speakers). This Benjamin Franklin is better (less manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group. Benjamin Franklin
Speaker details
Total words: 345
Content count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.8% percentile 5.2% BS Score14 analyzed videos345 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 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 19.2% 19.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 17.1% 17.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.8% 5.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.5% 2.5% Circular Reasoning Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% 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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9% Anecdotal: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 5.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 11.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 6.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.1% Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.9% Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.8% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.1% Begging the Question: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst