Speaker summary
⁠90%1 analyzed article/video91 analyzed words
BS Summary: These organization: Department of Motor Vehicles results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Red Herring, and Status Quo Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 49.5% saturation with 45 hits. Analysis detected 164 faulty-reasoning hits from 91 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 36% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (12,889 of 28,364 speakers). This organization: Department of Motor Vehicles is worse (more manipulative) than 54.60% of the peer group.
organization: Department of Motor Vehicles
Speaker details
Total words: 91
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

55% percentile
025507510054.6% percentile
36.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos91 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 49.5%49.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 49.5%49.5%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 30.8%30.8%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 30.8%30.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.8%19.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 49.5%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 49.5%, sitewide 1.9%Red Herring: Speaker 30.8%, sitewide 0.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 30.8%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide rateSpeaker rate

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