Speaker summary
⁠84%3 analyzed articles/videos453.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dean Ball results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Slippery Slope, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 33.5% saturation with 216 hits. Analysis detected 1,706.463 faulty-reasoning hits from 453.5 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (23,847 of 27,710 speakers). This Dean Ball is better (less manipulative) than 86.10% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 453.5
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510013.9% percentile
11.2% BS Score3 analyzed videos453.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 33.5%33.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 31.8%31.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.0%13.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 19.1%19.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 21.7%21.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 33.5%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 31.8%, sitewide 15.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 6.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos