Speaker summary
⁠83%3 analyzed articles/videos69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Geographic results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Halo Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 85.5% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 137 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 49.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (10,177 of 28,364 speakers). This National Geographic is worse (more manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group.
National Geographic
Speaker details
Total words: 69
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

64% percentile
025507510064.1% percentile
49.6% BS Score3 analyzed videos69 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 85.5%85.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 37.7%37.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 37.7%37.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 37.7%37.7%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 85.5%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos