Speaker summary
57% 17 analyzed articles/videos 993.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chris Van Hollen results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Tu Quoque , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 20.4% saturation with 239.237 hits . Analysis detected 1,773.212 faulty-reasoning hits from 993.333 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,574 of 28,364 speakers). This Chris Van Hollen is better (less manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group. Chris Van Hollen
Speaker details
Total words: 993.333
Article count: 17
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.8% percentile 5.2% BS Score17 analyzed videos993.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 7.6% 7.6% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 10.3% 10.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 10.0% 10.0% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.0% 7.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 12.3% 12.3% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 2.6% 2.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 12.7% 12.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Tu Quoque: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 0.2% Ad Hominem: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 8.1% Primacy Effect: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.0% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.2% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.7% Straw Man: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 4.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst