Speaker summary
52% 1 analyzed article/video 158 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Bedford results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Overconfidence Bias , and Framing Effect , with False Dilemma as the most egregious example at 33.6% saturation with 60.355 hits . Analysis detected 304.236 faulty-reasoning hits from 158 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.5% and a BS Rank of 20% (22,958 of 28,364 speakers). This Dan Bedford is better (less manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group. Dan Bedford
Speaker details
Total words: 158
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.1% percentile 13.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos158 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 33.6% 33.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 2.7% 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.7% 11.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 14.3% 14.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 23.4% 23.4% Middle Ground Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 11.7% 11.7% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 13.7% 13.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 10.6% 10.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% 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% False Dilemma: Speaker 33.6%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 15.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 1.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 4.6% Middle Ground: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 0.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 1.1% False Dilemma Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst