Speaker summary
97% 1 analyzed article/video 153 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dick Wadhams results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , In-Group Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 102 hits . Analysis detected 528.75 faulty-reasoning hits from 153 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 27.2% and a BS Rank of 44% (15,903 of 28,364 speakers). This Dick Wadhams is better (less manipulative) than 56.10% of the peer group. Dick Wadhams
Speaker details
Total words: 153
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
44% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 43.9% percentile 27.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos153 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 37.3% 37.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 50.0% 50.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 37.0% 37.0% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 30.9% 30.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 32.8% 32.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 31.4% 31.4% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 17.2% 17.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 18.6% 18.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 18.6% 18.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 6.9% 6.9% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9% Recency Bias: Speaker 37.3%, sitewide 2.7% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 37.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 32.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 31.4%, sitewide 6.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 2.2% Negativity Bias: Speaker 18.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 9.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 17.2%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst