Speaker summary
35%17 analyzed articles/videos395.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These European Union results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 142 hits. Analysis detected 889.063 faulty-reasoning hits from 395.667 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of 5% (25,599 of 26,862 speakers). This European Union is better (less manipulative) than 95.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.7% percentile
6.5% BS Score17 analyzed videos395.7 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 7.8%7.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.4%5.4%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Red Herring: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate