Speaker summary
⁠97%1 analyzed article/video50.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Weigel results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and In-Group Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 76 hits. Analysis detected 545.722 faulty-reasoning hits from 50.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 69.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (5,905 of 28,364 speakers). This David Weigel is worse (more manipulative) than 79.20% of the peer group.
David Weigel
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Speaker details
Total words: 50.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

79% percentile
025507510079.2% percentile
69.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos50.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 83.3%83.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 83.3%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 19.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 2.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.4%Straw Man: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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