Speaker summary
73%4 analyzed articles/videos71 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Labor results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Unattributed Quote, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 63.4% saturation with 45 hits. Analysis detected 135 faulty-reasoning hits from 71 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 38% and a BS Rank of 57% (12,336 of 28,364 speakers). This Department of Labor is worse (more manipulative) than 56.50% of the peer group.
Department of Labor
Speaker details
Total words: 71
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

57% percentile
025507510056.5% percentile
38.0% BS Score4 analyzed videos71 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 63.4%63.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 36.6%36.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 36.6%36.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 26.8%26.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 26.8%26.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Negativity Bias: Speaker 63.4%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 36.6%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 36.6%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 26.8%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate