Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video157.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Weisbrot results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Confirmation Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 74.6% saturation with 176 hits. Analysis detected 1,107.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 157.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 23% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (17,800 of 28,364 speakers). This Mark Weisbrot is better (less manipulative) than 62.80% of the peer group.
Mark Weisbrot
Speaker details
Total words: 157.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

37% percentile
025507510037.2% percentile
23.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos157.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 74.6%74.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 58.3%58.3%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 44.5%44.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 40.5%40.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 43.0%43.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 40.7%40.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 26.1%26.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 24.6%24.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 17.4%17.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 74.6%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 58.3%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 44.5%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 43.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 40.7%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 40.5%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 27.5%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 1.7%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 0.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 5.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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