Speaker summary
⁠73%1 analyzed article/video133 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brian Williams results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Hindsight Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 44.9% saturation with 65.317 hits. Analysis detected 362.544 faulty-reasoning hits from 133 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 17.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (20,757 of 28,364 speakers). This Brian Williams is better (less manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group.
Brian Williams
Speaker details
Total words: 133
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510026.8% percentile
17.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos133 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 44.9%44.9%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 26.0%26.0%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 18.7%18.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 18.7%18.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 22.2%22.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%

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%Indoctrination: Speaker 44.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 26.0%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 22.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 19.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 18.7%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 18.7%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 15.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.4%In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%IndoctrinationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos