Speaker summary
65% 7 analyzed articles/videos 493 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bennie Thompson results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Burden of Proof , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 26.6% saturation with 171.955 hits . Analysis detected 1,106.955 faulty-reasoning hits from 493 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 10% (25,778 of 28,364 speakers). This Bennie Thompson is better (less manipulative) than 90.90% of the peer group. Bennie Thompson
Speaker details
Total words: 493
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.1% percentile 8.9% BS Score7 analyzed videos493 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 25.9% 25.9% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 11.6% 11.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 26.6% 26.6% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 9.7% 9.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 8.9% 8.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.6% 6.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 11.2% 11.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 2.7% 2.7% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.6%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 25.9%, sitewide 8.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 19.2% Burden of Proof: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 0.4% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 7.5% Begging the Question: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 1.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 9.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 6.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.2% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.4% Indoctrination: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst