Speaker summary
50%84 analyzed articles/videos4,785.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lindsey Graham results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 445.28 hits. Analysis detected 4,268.553 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,785.333 analyzed words across 84 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 1% (26,517 of 26,549 speakers). This Lindsey Graham is better (less manipulative) than 99.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

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1.8% BS Score84 analyzed videos4.8K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 0.8%0.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.1%4.1%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate