Speaker summary
⁠75%4 analyzed articles/videos176 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Media Research Center results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Anecdotal, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 84.3% saturation with 263 hits. Analysis detected 1,245.061 faulty-reasoning hits from 176 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 25.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (16,454 of 28,364 speakers). This Media Research Center is better (less manipulative) than 58.00% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 176
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

42% percentile
025507510042.0% percentile
25.9% BS Score4 analyzed videos176 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 84.3%84.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 47.0%47.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 49.7%49.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 37.0%37.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 34.7%34.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 24.4%24.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 15.7%15.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Negativity Bias: Speaker 84.3%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 49.7%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 47.0%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 37.0%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 34.7%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 26.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 24.4%, sitewide 9.1%Straw Man: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 5.3%Red Herring: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 0.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 11.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos