Speaker summary
⁠72%2 analyzed articles/videos535.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ed Bastian results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Halo Effect, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 30.7% saturation with 187.674 hits. Analysis detected 1,568.437 faulty-reasoning hits from 535.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (25,913 of 28,364 speakers). This Ed Bastian is better (less manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group.
Ed Bastian
Speaker details
Total words: 535.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.6% percentile
8.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos535.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 30.7%30.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 30.1%30.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 15.5%15.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.5%2.5%

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%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 30.7%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 30.1%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 4.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.7%Red Herring: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos