Speaker summary
⁠76%1 analyzed article/video68 analyzed words
BS Summary: These George Monbiot results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Biased Writer Voice, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 65.9% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 436.766 faulty-reasoning hits from 68 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 42.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (11,270 of 28,364 speakers). This George Monbiot is worse (more manipulative) than 60.30% of the peer group.
George Monbiot
Speaker details
Total words: 68
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

60% percentile
025507510060.3% percentile
42.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos68 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 60.0%60.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 58.2%58.2%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 48.3%48.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 65.9%65.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 41.8%41.8%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 34.1%34.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 34.1%34.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 34.1%34.1%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 31.8%31.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 34.1%34.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Negativity Bias: Speaker 65.9%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 60.0%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 58.2%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Speaker 48.3%, sitewide 26.9%Straw Man: Speaker 48.3%, sitewide 0.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 41.8%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 2.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 0.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 31.8%, sitewide 15.9%Tu Quoque: Speaker 31.8%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos