Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video61.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Russell results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 63.1% saturation with 38.477 hits. Analysis detected 194.637 faulty-reasoning hits from 61.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 32% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (14,172 of 28,345 speakers). This David Russell is worse (more manipulative) than 50.00% of the peer group.
David Russell
Speaker details
Total words: 61.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

50% percentile
025507510050.0% percentile
32.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos61.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 63.1%63.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 35.1%35.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 35.1%35.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 24.6%24.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 32.9%32.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 28.0%28.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 35.1%35.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 26.1%26.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 24.6%24.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 15.4%15.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Optimism Bias: Speaker 63.1%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 35.1%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 35.1%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 35.1%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 32.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 28.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos