Speaker summary
51% 11 analyzed articles/videos 180 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Recency Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 19.2% saturation with 66 hits . Analysis detected 470 faulty-reasoning hits from 180 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (24,249 of 28,364 speakers). This Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is better (less manipulative) than 85.50% of the peer group. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Speaker details
Total words: 180
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.5% percentile 11.4% BS Score11 analyzed videos180 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 19.2% 19.2% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 18.3% 18.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.6% 11.6% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 13.1% 13.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 18.6% 18.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 11.6% 11.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 13.1% 13.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 2.0% 2.0% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 26.9% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 1.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 9.1% Recency Bias: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 2.7% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 7.5% False Dilemma: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 3.3% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 6.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst