Speaker summary
66%18 analyzed articles/videos588 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CNET results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 38% saturation with 281.868 hits. Analysis detected 1,577.304 faulty-reasoning hits from 588 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of 8% (26,330 of 28,364 speakers). This CNET is better (less manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751007.2% percentile
7.9% BS Score18 analyzed videos588 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 36.4%36.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 38.0%38.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 15.1%15.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.7%3.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.5%3.5%

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 Authority: Speaker 38.0%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 15.1%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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