Speaker summary
⁠48%4 analyzed articles/videos325.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lead Stories results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Actor-Observer Bias, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 40.5% saturation with 151 hits. Analysis detected 522 faulty-reasoning hits from 325.5 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 16% and a BS Rank of ⁠25% (21,439 of 28,364 speakers). This Lead Stories is better (less manipulative) than 75.60% of the peer group.
Lead Stories
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Speaker details
Total words: 325.5
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

24% percentile
025507510024.4% percentile
16.0% BS Score4 analyzed videos325.5 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 40.5%40.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 17.3%17.3%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 13.1%13.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 15.0%15.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 13.1%13.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 13.1%13.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 13.1%13.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.2%6.2%

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 40.5%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 3.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 0.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos