Speaker summary
⁠62%1 analyzed article/video64 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jon Towlson results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 240 faulty-reasoning hits from 64 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 60% and a BS Rank of ⁠76% (7,048 of 28,364 speakers). This Jon Towlson is worse (more manipulative) than 75.20% of the peer group.
Jon Towlson
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Speaker details
Total words: 64
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

75% percentile
025507510075.2% percentile
60.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos64 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos