Speaker summary
38%20 analyzed articles/videos673.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maine Democratic Party results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Bandwagon, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.6% saturation with 192 hits. Analysis detected 1,519.461 faulty-reasoning hits from 673.333 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.2% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,709 of 28,364 speakers). This Maine Democratic Party is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751005.8% percentile
7.2% BS Score20 analyzed videos673.3 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 6.4%6.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.1%10.1%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.7%6.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 8.9%8.9%

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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 5.3%Bandwagon: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate