Speaker summary
58%5 analyzed articles/videos726.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bill Wirskye results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Availability Heuristic, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 18.7% saturation with 150.467 hits. Analysis detected 1,654.391 faulty-reasoning hits from 726.333 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of 4% (25,554 of 26,413 speakers). This Bill Wirskye is better (less manipulative) than 96.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.3% percentile
5.5% BS Score5 analyzed videos726.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.7%18.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.9%10.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.4%7.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 6.0%6.0%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.7%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 9.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.5%Red Herring: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate