Speaker summary
69%7 analyzed articles/videos833.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Carl DeMaio results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33.2% saturation with 563 hits. Analysis detected 4,509.095 faulty-reasoning hits from 833.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (24,018 of 26,155 speakers). This Carl DeMaio is better (less manipulative) than 91.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.2% percentile
8.5% BS Score7 analyzed videos833.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 31.1%31.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 33.2%33.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 27.1%27.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 29.3%29.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 12.2%12.2%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 33.2%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 31.1%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 29.3%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 27.1%, sitewide 1.4%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 3.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 2.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate