Speaker summary
55% 12 analyzed articles/videos 1,491 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Maher results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Quote-first Misdirection , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 180.458 hits . Analysis detected 2,233.704 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,491 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,170 of 28,364 speakers). This Bill Maher is better (less manipulative) than 99.30% of the peer group. Bill Maher
Speaker details
Total words: 1,491
Article count: 12
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.7% percentile 3.0% BS Score12 analyzed videos1.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 10.7% 10.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.0% 3.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 1.3% 1.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.3% 3.3% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% 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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 2.2% Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.8% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.4% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst