Speaker summary
⁠38%1 analyzed article/video33 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Thompson results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause) and Unattributed Quote, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 22 hits. Analysis detected 66 faulty-reasoning hits from 33 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (8,450 of 28,364 speakers). This Bill Thompson is worse (more manipulative) than 70.20% of the peer group.
Bill Thompson
Speaker details
Total words: 33
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

70% percentile
025507510070.2% percentile
50.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos33 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos