Speaker summary
⁠82%2 analyzed articles/videos182.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dean Baker results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Fundamental Attribution Error, and Appeal to Emotion, with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 49.8% saturation with 90.852 hits. Analysis detected 681.876 faulty-reasoning hits from 182.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 21.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (17,368 of 26,730 speakers). This Dean Baker is better (less manipulative) than 65.00% of the peer group.
Dean Baker
Speaker details
Total words: 182.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

35% percentile
025507510035.0% percentile
21.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos182.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 49.8%49.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 30.2%30.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 27.5%27.5%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 26.6%26.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 40.9%40.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 34.0%34.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 17.3%17.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 14.6%14.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.3%9.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Ad Hominem: Speaker 49.8%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 40.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 34.0%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 30.2%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 27.5%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 26.6%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.2%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.4%Ad HominemSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos