Speaker summary
69%1 analyzed article/video59 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bernard Nathanson results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 382 faulty-reasoning hits from 59 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 64.7% and a BS Rank of 78% (6,479 of 28,364 speakers). This Bernard Nathanson is worse (more manipulative) than 77.20% of the peer group.
Bernard Nathanson
Speaker details
Total words: 59
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

77% percentile
025507510077.2% percentile
64.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos59 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 30.5%30.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 30.5%30.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 7.5%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 1.4%Negativity Bias: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 19.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 0.8%In-Group Bias: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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