Speaker summary
80% 1 analyzed article/video 95.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Isay results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 39.5% saturation with 60 hits . Analysis detected 512.884 faulty-reasoning hits from 95.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 25.9% and a BS Rank of 42% (16,448 of 28,364 speakers). This David Isay is better (less manipulative) than 58.00% of the peer group. David Isay
Speaker details
Total words: 95.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 42.0% percentile 25.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos95.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 40.6% 40.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 38.2% 38.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 46.1% 46.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 53.1% 53.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 39.5% 39.5% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 19.7% 19.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 19.1% 19.1% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 18.4% 18.4% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 18.4% 18.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 18.4% 18.4% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 53.1%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 46.1%, sitewide 8.1% Indoctrination: Speaker 40.6%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias: Speaker 39.5%, sitewide 19.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 38.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect: Speaker 36.8%, sitewide 26.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 1.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 6.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 0.8% Anecdotal: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst