Speaker summary
52% 14 analyzed articles/videos 351.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Defense results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection , False Dilemma , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 24.4% saturation with 161 hits . Analysis detected 811.936 faulty-reasoning hits from 351.333 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (26,003 of 28,364 speakers). This Department of Defense is better (less manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group. Department of Defense
Speaker details
Total words: 351.333
Article count: 14
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.3% percentile 8.5% BS Score14 analyzed videos351.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 19.8% 19.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 14.1% 14.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 24.4% 24.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 13.5% 13.5% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 13.8% 13.8% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% 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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 24.4%, sitewide 11.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 1.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 19.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 8.1% False Dilemma: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.5% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 3.3% Halo Effect: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.7% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.5% Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst