Speaker summary
⁠58%2 analyzed articles/videos275.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brent Ward results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Slippery Slope, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 75 hits. Analysis detected 662.838 faulty-reasoning hits from 275.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (26,312 of 28,364 speakers). This Brent Ward is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group.
Brent Ward
Speaker details
Total words: 275.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751007.2% percentile
7.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos275.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 0.6%0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 9.3%9.3%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 6.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%No True Scotsman: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos