Speaker summary
⁠67%1 analyzed article/video197 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ladd Keith results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Quote-first Misdirection, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 40.8% saturation with 92.499 hits. Analysis detected 481.693 faulty-reasoning hits from 197 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 15% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (22,012 of 28,364 speakers). This Ladd Keith is better (less manipulative) than 77.60% of the peer group.
Ladd Keith
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Speaker details
Total words: 197
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

22% percentile
025507510022.4% percentile
15.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos197 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 40.8%40.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.9%12.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 11.3%11.3%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 40.8%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.4%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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