Speaker summary
⁠59%1 analyzed article/video479 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Denver Cook results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.9% saturation with 121 hits. Analysis detected 1,276.151 faulty-reasoning hits from 479 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (26,152 of 28,364 speakers). This Denver Cook is better (less manipulative) than 92.20% of the peer group.
Denver Cook
Speaker details
Total words: 479
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751007.8% percentile
8.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos479 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 16.5%16.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 9.6%9.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 12.4%12.4%

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 14.9%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 8.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 6.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 0.3%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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