Speaker summary
77%1 analyzed article/video77.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Carol Anderson results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Slippery Slope, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 134 hits. Analysis detected 442.793 faulty-reasoning hits from 77.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50.8% and a BS Rank of 71% (7,824 of 26,891 speakers). This Carol Anderson is worse (more manipulative) than 70.90% of the peer group.
Carol Anderson
Speaker details
Total words: 77.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

71% percentile
025507510070.9% percentile
50.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos77.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 61.6%61.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 26.9%26.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 26.9%26.9%

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%120%120%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 61.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 26.9%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 26.9%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 2.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos