Speaker summary
⁠44%4 analyzed articles/videos291.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Pence results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 214 hits. Analysis detected 890.358 faulty-reasoning hits from 291.667 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 14.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (20,747 of 25,928 speakers). This Mike Pence is better (less manipulative) than 80.00% of the peer group.
Mike Pence

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510020.0% percentile
14.2% BS Score4 analyzed videos291.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 32.1%32.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 38.4%38.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.2%22.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 9.2%9.2%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 38.4%, sitewide 19.2%Tu Quoque: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 0.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.2%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.6%Primacy Effect: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos