Speaker summary
99%1 analyzed article/video131.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brett Edkins results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Indoctrination, and In-Group Bias, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 84.8% saturation with 118.788 hits. Analysis detected 775.647 faulty-reasoning hits from 131.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 35.1% and a BS Rank of 54% (13,095 of 28,239 speakers). This Brett Edkins is worse (more manipulative) than 53.60% of the peer group.
Brett Edkins
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 131.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

54% percentile
025507510053.6% percentile
35.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos131.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 84.8%84.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 56.5%56.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 51.8%51.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 66.5%66.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 51.7%51.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 38.8%38.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 27.8%27.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 26.2%26.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 25.4%25.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 19.4%19.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 84.8%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 66.5%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 56.5%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 51.8%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 51.7%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 38.8%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 26.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 27.8%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 25.4%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 11.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 19.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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