Speaker summary
56% 9 analyzed articles/videos 254.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heritage Foundation results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Framing Effect , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 31.8% saturation with 156 hits . Analysis detected 953.635 faulty-reasoning hits from 254.667 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (22,855 of 28,364 speakers). This Heritage Foundation is better (less manipulative) than 80.60% of the peer group. Heritage Foundation
Speaker details
Total words: 254.667
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
19% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.4% percentile 13.7% BS Score9 analyzed videos254.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 43.9% 43.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 31.8% 31.8% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 20.2% 20.2% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 15.3% 15.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 7.3% 7.3% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 17.0% 17.0% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 10.5% 10.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% 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% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 43.9%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 31.8%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 26.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 1.4% Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.0%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 1.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 0.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 3.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Nature: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.2% Indoctrination: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst