Speaker summary
83%18 analyzed articles/videos690 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Persuasion results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 88.9% saturation with 613.571 hits. Analysis detected 1,232.362 faulty-reasoning hits from 690 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (24,143 of 28,364 speakers). This Persuasion is better (less manipulative) than 85.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510014.9% percentile
11.6% BS Score18 analyzed videos690 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 88.9%88.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.1%9.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 1.4%1.4%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 88.9%, sitewide 0.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate