Speaker summary
70%8 analyzed articles/videos531.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Waltz results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 26.7% saturation with 185.566 hits. Analysis detected 1,575.216 faulty-reasoning hits from 531.667 analyzed words across 8 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 9.4% and a BS Rank of 11% (25,511 of 28,364 speakers). This Mike Waltz is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
9.4% BS Score8 analyzed videos531.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 26.7%26.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 23.4%23.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 15.8%15.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.5%7.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 24.9%24.9%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.2%7.2%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 26.7%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 24.9%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 6.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.1%Composition/Division: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate