Speaker summary
96% 1 analyzed article/video 129 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Feltman results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal , Bandwagon , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 24% saturation with 31 hits . Analysis detected 250 faulty-reasoning hits from 129 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 19.4% and a BS Rank of 31% (19,191 of 27,733 speakers). This Feltman is better (less manipulative) than 69.20% of the peer group. Feltman
Speaker details
Total words: 129
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
31% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 30.8% percentile 19.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos129 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 21.7% 21.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 21.7% 21.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 21.7% 21.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 20.9% 20.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 21.7% 21.7% Circular Reasoning Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 11.6% 11.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 20.9% 20.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 14.7% 14.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 24.0% 24.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 14.7% 14.7% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 15.9% Anecdotal: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 5.2% Bandwagon: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 6.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 6.7% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 6.0% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 0.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst