Speaker summary
⁠53%5 analyzed articles/videos167.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Margaret Thatcher results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 28.2% saturation with 83 hits. Analysis detected 440.926 faulty-reasoning hits from 167.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (22,620 of 28,364 speakers). This Margaret Thatcher is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group.
Margaret Thatcher
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510020.3% percentile
14.1% BS Score5 analyzed videos167.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 27.8%27.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 24.6%24.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 28.2%28.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.8%8.8%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 10.2%10.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 7.8%7.8%

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 Emotion: Speaker 28.2%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 27.8%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos