Speaker summary
⁠54%5 analyzed articles/videos267.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Yglesias results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 31.9% saturation with 166 hits. Analysis detected 1,084.418 faulty-reasoning hits from 267.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 18.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (19,866 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Yglesias is better (less manipulative) than 70.00% of the peer group.
Matthew Yglesias
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

30% percentile
025507510030.0% percentile
18.9% BS Score5 analyzed videos267.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 34.0%34.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.0%19.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 31.9%31.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 13.1%13.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 20.2%20.2%

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%False Dilemma: Speaker 34.0%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 31.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 25.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 19.0%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 0.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 5.2%False DilemmaSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos