Speaker summary
56%4 analyzed articles/videos228 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
025507510027.3% percentile
17.5% BS Score4 analyzed videos228 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 65.6%65.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.9%22.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 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 AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate