Speaker summary
80%1 analyzed article/video95.333 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
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Speaker details
Total words: 95.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

42% percentile
025507510042.0% percentile
25.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos95.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 40.6%40.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 38.2%38.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 46.1%46.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 53.1%53.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 39.5%39.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 19.1%19.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 18.4%18.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 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 EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos