Speaker summary
ā 42%1 analyzed article/video1,413.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Gault results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 109 hits. Analysis detected 791.89 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,413.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ā 1% (28,171 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Gault is better (less manipulative) than 99.30% of the peer group.
Matthew Gault
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
ā 0%The Brookings Institution1%
ā 0%Gen Jack Keane1%
ā 0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
ā 0%Mike Muse1%
ā 0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
ā 1%Matthew Gault (selected)3%
ā 100%4MATIV100%
ā 100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
ā 100%314 Action Fund100%
ā 100%21 Grams100%
ā 100%1X representative100%
Speaker details
Total words: 1,413.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751000.7% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos1.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0ā€“50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 1.4%1.4%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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