Speaker summary
⁠63%2 analyzed articles/videos169 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Comptroller Mark Levine results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Indoctrination, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 31% saturation with 89 hits. Analysis detected 452 faulty-reasoning hits from 169 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (21,613 of 28,364 speakers). This City Comptroller Mark Levine is better (less manipulative) than 76.20% of the peer group.
City Comptroller Mark Levine
Speaker details
Total words: 169
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

24% percentile
025507510023.8% percentile
15.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos169 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 30.3%30.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 31.0%31.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 17.8%17.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 13.6%13.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 10.8%10.8%

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%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 31.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 30.3%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 4.6%Composition/Division: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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