Speaker summary
78%9 analyzed articles/videos768 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Boyle results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 48.5% saturation with 372.802 hits. Analysis detected 2,465.645 faulty-reasoning hits from 768 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.6% and a BS Rank of 18% (23,346 of 28,155 speakers). This Brendan Boyle is better (less manipulative) than 82.90% of the peer group.
Brendan Boyle

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

17% percentile
025507510017.1% percentile
12.6% BS Score9 analyzed videos768 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 48.5%48.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 39.4%39.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 26.5%26.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 33.5%33.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 14.5%14.5%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.8%7.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 48.5%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 39.4%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 33.5%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 0.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 6.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Tu Quoque: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate