Speaker summary
⁠43%6 analyzed articles/videos570.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ofcom results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 105 hits. Analysis detected 1,111.461 faulty-reasoning hits from 570.667 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,260 of 28,364 speakers). This Ofcom is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.9% percentile
6.0% BS Score6 analyzed videos570.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.2%3.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.4%5.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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