Speaker summary
⁠79%1 analyzed article/video162.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melissa Shepard results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 63.9% saturation with 156 hits. Analysis detected 741.028 faulty-reasoning hits from 162.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 26.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (14,934 of 26,050 speakers). This Melissa Shepard is better (less manipulative) than 57.30% of the peer group.
Melissa Shepard
Speaker details
Total words: 162.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

43% percentile
025507510042.7% percentile
26.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos162.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 63.9%63.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 61.7%61.7%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 29.9%29.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 47.3%47.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 33.8%33.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 25.7%25.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 21.3%21.3%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 17.6%17.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.8%14.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 63.9%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 61.7%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 47.3%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 33.8%, sitewide 8.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 29.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 25.7%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 7.5%Special Pleading: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 0.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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