Speaker summary
⁠46%1 analyzed article/video83.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These David Zirin results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Quote-first Misdirection, and Slippery Slope, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 61% saturation with 86 hits. Analysis detected 399 faulty-reasoning hits from 83.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 35.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (13,057 of 28,364 speakers). This David Zirin is worse (more manipulative) than 54.00% of the peer group.
David Zirin
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 83.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

54% percentile
025507510054.0% percentile
35.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos83.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 61.0%61.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 39.0%39.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 39.0%39.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 39.0%39.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 39.0%39.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Negativity Bias: Speaker 61.0%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 26.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 5.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos