Speaker summary
57%1 analyzed article/video545 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Catherine Reilly results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 149 hits. Analysis detected 1,080.443 faulty-reasoning hits from 545 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of 9% (25,949 of 28,364 speakers). This Catherine Reilly is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group.
Catherine Reilly
Speaker details
Total words: 545
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.5% percentile
8.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos545 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 41.7%41.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.9%12.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 7.9%7.9%

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%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 41.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.4%Red Herring: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.7%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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