Speaker summary
⁠67%4 analyzed articles/videos601.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ed Markey results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 114.662 hits. Analysis detected 1,277.816 faulty-reasoning hits from 601.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (26,067 of 27,056 speakers). This Ed Markey is better (less manipulative) than 96.30% of the peer group.
Ed Markey
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.7% percentile
5.8% BS Score4 analyzed videos601.3 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 16.5%16.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 15.9%15.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 5.0%5.0%

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 16.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 6.9%Straw Man: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.5%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.7%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.4%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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