Speaker summary
84%1 analyzed article/video63.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Meidas Touch results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 90% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 402 faulty-reasoning hits from 63.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 54% and a BS Rank of 73% (7,801 of 28,364 speakers). This Meidas Touch is worse (more manipulative) than 72.50% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 63.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

73% percentile
025507510072.5% percentile
54.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos63.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 90.0%90.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 70.0%70.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 60.0%60.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 60.0%60.0%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 40.0%40.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 40.0%40.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 20.0%20.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.0%10.0%

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%120%120%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 90.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 70.0%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 60.0%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 60.0%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 40.0%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 40.0%, sitewide 1.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 26.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 2.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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