Speaker summary
56% 4 analyzed articles/videos 228 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Institute for the Study of War results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Begging the Question , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 65.6% saturation with 170.134 hits . Analysis detected 556.134 faulty-reasoning hits from 228 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.5% and a BS Rank of 28% (20,633 of 28,364 speakers). This Institute for the Study of War is better (less manipulative) than 72.70% of the peer group. Institute for the Study of War
Speaker details
Total words: 228
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 27.3% percentile 17.5% BS Score4 analyzed videos228 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 65.6% 65.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 22.9% 22.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 8.2% 8.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 65.6%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 26.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 7.5% Begging the Question: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 1.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 8.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 1.9% Recency Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst