Speaker summary
40% 8 analyzed articles/videos 256.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Ellison results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Unattributed Quote , and Indoctrination , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 62 hits . Analysis detected 484.448 faulty-reasoning hits from 256.667 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of 10% (23,932 of 26,457 speakers). This David Ellison is better (less manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group. David Ellison
Speaker details
Total words: 256.667
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.5% percentile 9.1% BS Score8 analyzed videos256.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 14.5% 14.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 17.5% 17.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 11.2% 11.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 6.9% 6.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 11.2% 11.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% Genetic Fallacy Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 4.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 6.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 1.1% Indoctrination: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 4.6% Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 5.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 1.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.3% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.4% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.4% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7% Special Pleading: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst