Speaker summary
⁠70%1 analyzed article/video516 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dahlia Lithwick results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 120.535 hits. Analysis detected 866.729 faulty-reasoning hits from 516 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (24,822 of 28,364 speakers). This Dahlia Lithwick is better (less manipulative) than 87.50% of the peer group.
Dahlia Lithwick
Speaker details
Total words: 516
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510012.5% percentile
10.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos516 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 23.4%23.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.6%1.6%

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 11.4%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 2.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%Straw Man: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos