Speaker summary
59%6 analyzed articles/videos393.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chris Coons results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 30.1% saturation with 145.803 hits. Analysis detected 824.31 faulty-reasoning hits from 393.667 analyzed words across 6 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 8.3% and a BS Rank of 8% (25,458 of 27,641 speakers). This Chris Coons is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751007.9% percentile
8.3% BS Score6 analyzed videos393.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 30.1%30.1%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 5.8%5.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 5.8%5.8%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 30.1%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Tu Quoque: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 1.4%Middle Ground: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate