Speaker summary
66%6 analyzed articles/videos1,276 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Whitaker results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Anchoring Bias, and False Dilemma, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 240.462 hits. Analysis detected 2,166.942 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,276 analyzed words across 6 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,566 of 28,364 speakers). This Matt Whitaker is better (less manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group.
Matt Whitaker

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751002.8% percentile
5.2% BS Score6 analyzed videos1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 17.7%17.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.2%5.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.2%7.2%

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 17.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 6.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.5%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.1%Horn Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate