Speaker summary
⁠76%1 analyzed article/video62.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave Barry results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Quote-first Misdirection, and In-Group Bias, with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 46.3% saturation with 32.625 hits. Analysis detected 172.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 62.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 30.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠49% (14,669 of 28,364 speakers). This Dave Barry is better (less manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group.
Dave Barry
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Speaker details
Total words: 62.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

48% percentile
025507510048.3% percentile
30.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos62.7 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 46.3%46.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 43.1%43.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 28.7%28.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 31.9%31.9%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 21.3%21.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.3%21.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 21.3%21.3%

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%Ad Hominem: Speaker 46.3%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 43.1%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 31.9%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 28.7%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 8.1%No True Scotsman: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 0.1%Ad HominemSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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