Speaker summary
71%3 analyzed articles/videos205.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brit Hume results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Negativity Bias, and Horn Effect, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 28.4% saturation with 121 hits. Analysis detected 855.137 faulty-reasoning hits from 205.667 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.1% and a BS Rank of 16% (23,772 of 28,268 speakers). This Brit Hume is better (less manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group.
Brit Hume
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510015.9% percentile
12.1% BS Score3 analyzed videos205.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 25.8%25.8%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 20.1%20.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 18.7%18.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.4%13.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.5%7.5%

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%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 1.4%Framing Effect: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 25.8%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 19.2%Horn Effect: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 1.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 18.7%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.7%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 1.4%Halo Effect: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 6.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate