Speaker summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video315 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Stavridis results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Pessimism Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 37.6% saturation with 158 hits. Analysis detected 836 faulty-reasoning hits from 315 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 12.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠17% (23,688 of 28,364 speakers). This James Stavridis is better (less manipulative) than 83.50% of the peer group.
James Stavridis
Speaker details
Total words: 315
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

17% percentile
025507510016.5% percentile
12.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos315 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 37.6%37.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 17.5%17.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 17.3%17.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 15.4%15.4%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 37.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 3.3%Red Herring: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%Middle Ground: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos