Speaker summary
⁠35%2 analyzed articles/videos77 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jim Acosta results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 36.7% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 82 faulty-reasoning hits from 77 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 25.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (16,442 of 28,364 speakers). This Jim Acosta is better (less manipulative) than 58.00% of the peer group.
Jim Acosta
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Speaker details
Total words: 77
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

42% percentile
025507510042.0% percentile
25.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos77 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 30.4%30.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 27.9%27.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 36.7%36.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 8.9%8.9%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 36.7%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 30.4%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 27.9%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos