Speaker summary
⁠65%1 analyzed article/video129.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Baldassare results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Loss Aversion, and Recency Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 30.4% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 311.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 129.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 19% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (19,816 of 28,364 speakers). This Mark Baldassare is better (less manipulative) than 69.90% of the peer group.
Mark Baldassare
Speaker details
Total words: 129.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

30% percentile
025507510030.1% percentile
19.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos129.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 27.1%27.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 30.4%30.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 18.0%18.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 18.0%18.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 8.8%8.8%

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 Authority: Speaker 30.4%, sitewide 11.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 27.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 26.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos