Speaker summary
⁠54%3 analyzed articles/videos241 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Lewis results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 48.6% saturation with 151.267 hits. Analysis detected 661.267 faulty-reasoning hits from 241 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (21,597 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Lewis is better (less manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group.
Matthew Lewis
Speaker details
Total words: 241
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

24% percentile
025507510023.9% percentile
15.8% BS Score3 analyzed videos241 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 48.6%48.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 24.5%24.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.6%7.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 48.6%, sitewide 8.1%Straw Man: Speaker 24.5%, sitewide 0.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.9%Tu Quoque: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos