Speaker summary
⁠76%1 analyzed article/video74.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Frank-Steffen Walliser results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 80.4% saturation with 90 hits. Analysis detected 577.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 74.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 53.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (7,841 of 28,364 speakers). This Frank-Steffen Walliser is worse (more manipulative) than 72.40% of the peer group.
Frank-Steffen Walliser
Speaker details
Total words: 74.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

72% percentile
025507510072.4% percentile
53.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos74.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 80.4%80.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 69.6%69.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 69.6%69.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 55.4%55.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 29.5%29.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 30.4%30.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 80.4%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 69.6%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 69.6%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 55.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 3.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 30.4%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 30.4%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 29.5%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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