Speaker summary
47%2 analyzed articles/videos583 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Farren results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Framing Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 34.5% saturation with 208.058 hits. Analysis detected 745.776 faulty-reasoning hits from 583 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of 7% (25,937 of 27,797 speakers). This Michael Farren is better (less manipulative) than 93.30% of the peer group.
Michael Farren
Speaker details
Total words: 583
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.7% percentile
7.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos583 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 34.5%34.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 21.9%21.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.6%3.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 3.5%3.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 34.5%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 26.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate