Speaker summary
⁠99%1 analyzed article/video69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Alexander results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 56.5% saturation with 52 hits. Analysis detected 284.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 37.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (11,945 of 26,730 speakers). This Bill Alexander is worse (more manipulative) than 55.30% of the peer group.
Bill Alexander
Speaker details
Total words: 69
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

55% percentile
025507510055.3% percentile
37.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos69 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 64.1%64.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 56.5%56.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 43.5%43.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 28.3%28.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 28.3%28.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 21.7%21.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 21.7%21.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 21.7%21.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Halo Effect: Speaker 64.1%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 56.5%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 43.5%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 5.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 1.9%Halo EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos