Speaker summary
⁠84%1 analyzed article/video148.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Helen Whitener results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Quote-first Misdirection, and Framing Effect, with Begging the Question as the most egregious example at 30.3% saturation with 60 hits. Analysis detected 513.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 148.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 23.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠39% (17,519 of 28,364 speakers). This Helen Whitener is better (less manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group.
Helen Whitener
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠0%Mike Muse1%
⁠0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
⁠39%Helen Whitener (selected)24%
⁠100%4MATIV100%
⁠100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
Speaker details
Total words: 148.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

38% percentile
025507510038.2% percentile
23.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos148.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 39.4%39.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 30.3%30.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 26.3%26.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 23.7%23.7%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 21.2%21.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 21.2%21.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 26.3%26.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 15.7%15.7%

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%Straw Man: Speaker 39.4%, sitewide 0.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 33.3%, sitewide 26.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 30.3%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 23.7%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 1.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 1.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 2.7%Straw ManSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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