Speaker summary
82%2 analyzed articles/videos62 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Petraeus results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 71% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 104 faulty-reasoning hits from 62 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 41.9% and a BS Rank of 60% (11,437 of 28,364 speakers). This David Petraeus is worse (more manipulative) than 59.70% of the peer group.
David Petraeus
Speaker details
Total words: 62
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

60% percentile
025507510059.7% percentile
41.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos62 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 71.0%71.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 71.0%71.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.9%12.9%

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 Authority: Speaker 71.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 71.0%, sitewide 6.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos