Speaker summary
84% 6 analyzed articles/videos 194.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Daily Beast results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Anecdotal , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 43.1% saturation with 211 hits . Analysis detected 1,080.653 faulty-reasoning hits from 194.667 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 27% and a BS Rank of 44% (15,994 of 28,364 speakers). This Daily Beast is better (less manipulative) than 56.40% of the peer group. Daily Beast
Speaker details
Total words: 194.667
Article count: 6
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.6% percentile 27.0% BS Score6 analyzed videos194.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–125%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 100.0% 100.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 52.7% 52.7% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 37.7% 37.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 48.9% 48.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 21.5% 21.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 26.4% 26.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 43.1% 43.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 21.5% 21.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 17.6% 17.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 20.4% 20.4% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% 80% 80% 100% 100% 120% 120% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 2.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 52.7%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 48.9%, sitewide 19.2% Framing Effect: Speaker 43.1%, sitewide 26.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 1.7% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 26.4%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 21.5%, sitewide 5.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 21.5%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 5.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 11.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.4% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst