Speaker summary
51%17 analyzed articles/videos1,168 analyzed words
BS Summary: These European Commission results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.2% saturation with 531 hits. Analysis detected 2,975.857 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,168 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,365 of 28,364 speakers). This European Commission is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.5% percentile
5.7% BS Score17 analyzed videos1.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.6%14.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 23.2%23.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.5%7.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 12.8%12.8%

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 14.6%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.2%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Special Pleading: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate