Speaker summary
81% 8 analyzed articles/videos 315 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Walkinshaw results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem , Hasty Generalization , and Negativity Bias , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 33.9% saturation with 142.349 hits . Analysis detected 1,255.539 faulty-reasoning hits from 315 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.9% and a BS Rank of 14% (24,560 of 28,364 speakers). This James Walkinshaw is better (less manipulative) than 86.60% of the peer group. James Walkinshaw
Speaker details
Total words: 315
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.4% percentile 10.9% BS Score8 analyzed videos315 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 42.7% 42.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 33.9% 33.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 4.1% 4.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 30.9% 30.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 17.5% 17.5% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 11.7% 11.7% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 9.4% 9.4% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 9.3% 9.3% 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% Ad Hominem: Speaker 42.7%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 33.9%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 8.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 19.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 3.3% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 2.0% Burden of Proof: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 0.4% Begging the Question: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 9.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 0.0% Straw Man: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 2.7% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.6% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 3.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.3% False Dilemma: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 3.1% Ad Hominem Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst