Speaker summary
47%25 analyzed articles/videos2,404.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Neil Gorsuch results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 16% saturation with 410.027 hits. Analysis detected 3,001.064 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,404.667 analyzed words across 25 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,121 of 28,364 speakers). This Neil Gorsuch is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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3.3% BS Score25 analyzed videos2.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.0%16.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.5%3.5%

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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate