Speaker summary
41%35 analyzed articles/videos1,340.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Justice Samuel Alito results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 409 hits. Analysis detected 1,771.724 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,340.333 analyzed words across 35 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of 5% (27,113 of 28,364 speakers). This Justice Samuel Alito is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.4% percentile
6.3% BS Score35 analyzed videos1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 25.1%25.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.6%3.6%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.4%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate