Speaker summary
74%6 analyzed articles/videos443.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Denver Caldwell results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Optimism Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 42.6% saturation with 211.09 hits. Analysis detected 1,266.611 faulty-reasoning hits from 443.667 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.7% and a BS Rank of 24% (21,664 of 28,364 speakers). This Denver Caldwell is better (less manipulative) than 76.40% of the peer group.
Denver Caldwell
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

24% percentile
025507510023.6% percentile
15.7% BS Score6 analyzed videos443.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 42.6%42.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 32.8%32.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 21.0%21.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.5%7.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 26.9%26.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.0%19.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 11.3%11.3%

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%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 42.6%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 32.8%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 6.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate