Speaker summary
66%6 analyzed articles/videos687.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Dorsey results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 192.519 hits. Analysis detected 1,688.428 faulty-reasoning hits from 687.667 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,849 of 28,364 speakers). This Matt Dorsey is better (less manipulative) than 94.70% of the peer group.
Matt Dorsey

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.3% percentile
6.9% BS Score6 analyzed videos687.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.3%13.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.2%21.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 25.2%25.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 6.5%6.5%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.2%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Straw Man: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 3.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate