Speaker summary
82% 1 analyzed article/video 333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colson Montgomery results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , In-Group Bias , and Indoctrination , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 105 hits . Analysis detected 709.266 faulty-reasoning hits from 333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 12.6% and a BS Rank of 17% (23,531 of 28,364 speakers). This Colson Montgomery is better (less manipulative) than 83.00% of the peer group. Colson Montgomery
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Total words: 333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
17% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 17.0% percentile 12.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos333 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% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 25.2% 25.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 9.8% 9.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 22.6% 22.6% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 13.9% 13.9% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 16.1% 16.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.0% 6.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 16.0% 16.0% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 23.5% 23.5% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 7.9% 7.9% 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 9.8%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 25.2%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 15.9% In-Group Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 6.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 19.2% Recency Bias: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 2.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 7.5% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 1.4% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.8% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.1% Begging the Question: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst