Speaker summary
⁠46%3 analyzed articles/videos4,773 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heather Cox Richardson results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 572 hits. Analysis detected 6,422.219 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,773 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (28,199 of 28,364 speakers). This Heather Cox Richardson is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.
Heather Cox Richardson
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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2.8% BS Score3 analyzed videos4.8K 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 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 7.9%7.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.7%3.7%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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