Speaker summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video42 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Les Ferdinand results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority and Halo Effect, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 42 hits. Analysis detected 126 faulty-reasoning hits from 42 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (2,492 of 28,364 speakers). This Les Ferdinand is worse (more manipulative) than 91.20% of the peer group.
Les Ferdinand
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Speaker details
Total words: 42
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

91% percentile
025507510091.2% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos42 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

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%Anecdotal: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 6.7%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos