Speaker summary
⁠57%2 analyzed articles/videos168.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave Giffen results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, In-Group Bias, and Straw Man, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 37.2% saturation with 71.205 hits. Analysis detected 600.29 faulty-reasoning hits from 168.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (17,218 of 26,848 speakers). This Dave Giffen is better (less manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group.
Dave Giffen
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Speaker details
Total words: 168.667
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510035.9% percentile
22.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos168.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 37.2%37.2%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 37.5%37.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 18.1%18.1%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 18.1%18.1%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 37.5%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 37.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 6.9%Straw Man: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 19.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 1.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 9.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 5.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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