Speaker summary
⁠64%1 analyzed article/video22.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Byron Black results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Biased Writer Voice, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 15 hits. Analysis detected 90 faulty-reasoning hits from 22.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (8,499 of 28,364 speakers). This Byron Black is worse (more manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 22.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

70% percentile
025507510070.0% percentile
50.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos22.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Anecdotal: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.1%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos