Speaker summary
⁠48%1 analyzed article/video759.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maria Mudd Ruth results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Halo Effect, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 150 hits. Analysis detected 1,166.231 faulty-reasoning hits from 759.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (25,428 of 26,339 speakers). This Maria Mudd Ruth is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group.
Maria Mudd Ruth
Speaker details
Total words: 759.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.5% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos759.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.8%1.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 5.0%5.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 6.5%6.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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