Speaker summary
⁠77%2 analyzed articles/videos188.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mayor Sheffield results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 27.1% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 498.769 faulty-reasoning hits from 188.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (22,931 of 28,364 speakers). This Mayor Sheffield is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group.
Mayor Sheffield
Speaker details
Total words: 188.5
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510019.2% percentile
13.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos188.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 21.3%21.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 27.1%27.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.7%14.7%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 27.1%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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