Speaker summary
55%2 analyzed articles/videos257.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Em Akerley results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 26.8% saturation with 106 hits. Analysis detected 710.009 faulty-reasoning hits from 257.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.3% and a BS Rank of 12% (24,081 of 27,379 speakers). This Em Akerley is better (less manipulative) than 88.00% of the peer group.
Em Akerley
Speaker ranking list

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510012.0% percentile
10.3% BS Score2 analyzed videos257.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 26.8%26.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 21.8%21.8%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 18.3%18.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.8%8.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.1%6.1%

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 18.3%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 26.8%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 19.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.9%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate