Speaker summary
84% 7 analyzed articles/videos 278 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City Council results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Sunk Cost Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 62 hits . Analysis detected 403 faulty-reasoning hits from 278 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.1% and a BS Rank of 16% (23,831 of 28,364 speakers). This City Council is better (less manipulative) than 84.00% of the peer group. City Council
Speaker details
Total words: 278
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.0% percentile 12.1% BS Score7 analyzed videos278 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 21.9% 21.9% Sunk Cost Effect Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 22.3% 22.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% 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 22.3%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 6.0% Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 15.9% Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 0.3% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 11.1% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 3.3% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 6.9% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst