Speaker summary
⁠59%1 analyzed article/video162 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bob Nightengale results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Appeal to Emotion, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 24.5% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 409.456 faulty-reasoning hits from 162 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (22,540 of 28,364 speakers). This Bob Nightengale is better (less manipulative) than 79.50% of the peer group.
Bob Nightengale
Speaker details
Total words: 162
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

21% percentile
025507510020.5% percentile
14.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos162 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 24.4%24.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 20.1%20.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.4%4.4%

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%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 24.4%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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