Speaker summary
⁠84%1 analyzed article/video316.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joe Wadford results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Optimism Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 52.6% saturation with 222 hits. Analysis detected 1,123.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 316.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 17.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (20,649 of 28,364 speakers). This Joe Wadford is better (less manipulative) than 72.80% of the peer group.
Joe Wadford
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 316.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510027.2% percentile
17.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos316.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 52.6%52.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 36.7%36.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 38.1%38.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 23.5%23.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 14.2%14.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 18.0%18.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.1%7.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 52.6%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 38.1%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 36.7%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 7.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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