Speaker summary
⁠52%5 analyzed articles/videos2,350.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Farrell results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Ad Hominem, and Self-Serving Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 297.165 hits. Analysis detected 3,619.432 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,350.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (28,181 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael Farrell is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.
Michael Farrell
Speaker details
Total words: 2,350.667
Article count: 5
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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2.9% BS Score5 analyzed videos2.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.7%7.7%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.8%Straw Man: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos