Speaker summary
⁠80%1 analyzed article/video186 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael W. Childers results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 43.5% saturation with 81 hits. Analysis detected 635 faulty-reasoning hits from 186 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 21.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (18,612 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael W. Childers is better (less manipulative) than 65.60% of the peer group.
Michael W. Childers
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠0%Mike Muse1%
⁠0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
⁠35%Michael W. Childers (selected)22%
⁠100%4MATIV100%
⁠100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
Speaker details
Total words: 186
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

34% percentile
025507510034.4% percentile
21.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos186 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 43.5%43.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 23.1%23.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 20.4%20.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 29.6%29.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 25.8%25.8%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 20.4%20.4%

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%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 43.5%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 29.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.8%, sitewide 7.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 19.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 2.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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