Speaker summary
⁠67%3 analyzed articles/videos425.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Barnacle results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 19.5% saturation with 82.817 hits. Analysis detected 697.838 faulty-reasoning hits from 425.5 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (24,610 of 26,881 speakers). This James Barnacle is better (less manipulative) than 91.60% of the peer group.
James Barnacle

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.4% percentile
8.6% BS Score3 analyzed videos425.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.0%18.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 13.0%13.0%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos