Speaker summary
⁠68%1 analyzed article/video114 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Crighton results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 35.5% saturation with 45.75 hits. Analysis detected 226.375 faulty-reasoning hits from 114 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 12.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (23,491 of 28,364 speakers). This Brendan Crighton is better (less manipulative) than 82.80% of the peer group.
Brendan Crighton
Speaker details
Total words: 114
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

17% percentile
025507510017.2% percentile
12.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos114 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 26.2%26.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 35.5%35.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 17.7%17.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 15.1%15.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 2.3%2.3%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 35.5%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 17.7%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.1%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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