Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video58.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melanie Phillips results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 88 hits. Analysis detected 335.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 58.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 70.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (5,794 of 28,364 speakers). This Melanie Phillips is worse (more manipulative) than 79.60% of the peer group.
Melanie Phillips
Speaker details
Total words: 58.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

80% percentile
025507510079.6% percentile
70.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos58.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos