Speaker summary
⁠79%2 analyzed articles/videos96 analyzed words
BS Summary: These PCMag results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Halo Effect, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 58.3% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 148 faulty-reasoning hits from 96 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 38.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (12,212 of 28,364 speakers). This PCMag is worse (more manipulative) than 56.90% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 96
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

57% percentile
025507510056.9% percentile
38.5% BS Score2 analyzed videos96 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 58.3%58.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 58.3%58.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 22.9%22.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 14.6%14.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 58.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 58.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos