Speaker summary
48%7 analyzed articles/videos436.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CoreCivic results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Halo Effect, and Anchoring Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 68.139 hits. Analysis detected 508.528 faulty-reasoning hits from 436.333 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,759 of 28,364 speakers). This CoreCivic is better (less manipulative) than 94.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751005.7% percentile
7.1% BS Score7 analyzed videos436.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.8%9.8%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate