Speaker summary
⁠58%1 analyzed article/video44.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CORE results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Optimism Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 53.3% saturation with 24 hits. Analysis detected 92 faulty-reasoning hits from 44.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 51.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (8,144 of 28,364 speakers). This CORE is worse (more manipulative) than 71.30% of the peer group.
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Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 44.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

71% percentile
025507510071.3% percentile
51.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos44.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 53.3%53.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 53.3%53.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 53.3%53.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 44.4%44.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 53.3%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 53.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 53.3%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 44.4%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Hillbilly Algae⁠7%
The Nation⁠77%By Steve Brodner⁠0%6/26/2026, 8:09:52 AM