Speaker summary
49% 194 analyzed articles/videos 6,757.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Homeland Security results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Appeal to Emotion , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 781.031 hits . Analysis detected 8,803.963 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,757.667 analyzed words across 194 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,293 of 28,364 speakers). This Department of Homeland Security is better (less manipulative) than 99.70% of the peer group. Department of Homeland Security
Speaker details
Total words: 6,757.667
Article count: 194
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.3% percentile 2.1% BS Score194 analyzed videos6.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.6% 11.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 6.3% 6.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% 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% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.8% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst