Speaker summary
⁠83%1 analyzed article/video407.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margaret Sullivan results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.7% saturation with 158 hits. Analysis detected 1,603.709 faulty-reasoning hits from 407.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (22,991 of 26,348 speakers). This Margaret Sullivan is better (less manipulative) than 87.30% of the peer group.
Margaret Sullivan
Speaker details
Total words: 407.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510012.7% percentile
10.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos407.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 17.5%17.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 16.6%16.6%

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%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 7.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 19.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 2.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 2.0%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 1.4%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 9.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 3.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 5.2%Composition/Division: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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