Speaker summary
⁠72%10 analyzed articles/videos375.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hegseth results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Quote-first Misdirection, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 32.1% saturation with 350 hits. Analysis detected 3,181.976 faulty-reasoning hits from 375.333 analyzed words across 10 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (24,506 of 26,730 speakers). This Hegseth is better (less manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 375.333
Content count: 10
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.3% percentile
8.6% BS Score10 analyzed videos375.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 52.7%52.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 32.0%32.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 15.9%15.9%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 23.2%23.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 26.2%26.2%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.9%10.9%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.3%7.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 52.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 32.0%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 27.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.2%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 5.3%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 2.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Bandwagon: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate