Speaker summary
50%1 analyzed article/video37.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Seawood results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 28 hits. Analysis detected 93 faulty-reasoning hits from 37.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 36.4% and a BS Rank of 55% (12,817 of 28,364 speakers). This James Seawood is worse (more manipulative) than 54.80% of the peer group.
James Seawood
Speaker details
Total words: 37.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

55% percentile
025507510054.8% percentile
36.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos37.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 33.9%33.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 32.1%32.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 16.1%16.1%

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 Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 33.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos