Speaker summary
73%6 analyzed articles/videos519.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Crowley results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, False Dilemma, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 35.8% saturation with 272 hits. Analysis detected 1,118.316 faulty-reasoning hits from 519.5 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.2% and a BS Rank of 10% (25,588 of 28,364 speakers). This David Crowley is better (less manipulative) than 90.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.8% percentile
9.2% BS Score6 analyzed videos519.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 35.8%35.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 14.6%14.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.2%16.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 8.0%8.0%

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 35.8%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 9.1%Straw Man: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.4%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate