Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video48 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Villeggiante results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Ad Hominem, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 281.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 48 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (9,429 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael Villeggiante is worse (more manipulative) than 66.80% of the peer group.
Michael Villeggiante
Speaker details
Total words: 48
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

67% percentile
025507510066.8% percentile
50.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos48 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 62.5%62.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 56.3%56.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 43.8%43.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 37.5%37.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 37.5%37.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 12.5%12.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 62.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 56.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 43.8%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 37.5%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 37.5%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

C&H Sugar⁠39%
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