Speaker summary
65% 31 analyzed articles/videos 2,280.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dick Durbin results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Negativity Bias , and Ad Hominem , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 378.291 hits . Analysis detected 3,981.234 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,280.333 analyzed words across 31 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,148 of 28,364 speakers). This Dick Durbin is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group. Dick Durbin
Speaker details
Total words: 2,280.333
Article count: 31
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.8% percentile 3.1% BS Score31 analyzed videos2.3K 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 5.7% 5.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 9.9% 9.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.2% 1.2% 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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 6.7% Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 5.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.8% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst