Speaker summary
â 47% 6 analyzed articles/videos 395.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Don Bacon results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Ad Hominem , and Unattributed Quote , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.3% saturation with 109 hits . Analysis detected 586.14 faulty-reasoning hits from 395.333 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of â 5% (27,196 of 28,364 speakers). This Don Bacon is better (less manipulative) than 95.90% of the peer group. Don Bacon
Speaker details
Total words: 395.333
Article count: 6
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.1% percentile 6.2% BS Score6 analyzed videos395.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0â25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 12.8% 12.8% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 6.0% 6.0% Fundamental Attribution E⌠Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Negativity Bias: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 9.1% False Dilemma: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 1.5% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.4% Slippery Slope: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.5% Special Pleading: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.3% Begging the Question: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst